As the session opened in January the state faced a $27 billion shortfall for the 2012-13 biennium, or roughly a quarter of the state's projected general-revenue spending over that period.The comptroller, Susan Combs, had estimated that Texas would collect $77.3 billion in funds available.
Even those who praise Mr. Obama's plan to host a meeting on the global refugee crisis as the annual General Assembly session opens on Tuesday wonder why the United States waited so long to mount an international response to the crisis, and why it has taken in such a paltry number of Syrian refugees fleeing the world's deadliest battlefield.
Read more about children addressing the General Assembly in 'Children call for action as Special Session opens'.
Now, as the post-election lame-duck session opens on Wednesday in Washington, the Senate might try to sneak through a "cybersecurity" bill that would, as the ACLU puts it, "create a massive loophole in our existing privacy laws".
Here, surrounded by some of Illinois's most powerful politicians, many of whom have also been the loudest critics of the state's beleaguered governor, Rod R. Blagojevich, stood Mr. Blagojevich himself on Wednesday, presiding over a stately swearing-in ceremony for senators as a new legislative session opened.
And during a brief meeting with reporters as he began the session, Mr. Bush opened the door slightly to the proposal by Mr. Lott and others to balance the budget through a cut in the capital gains tax.
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The world has been moved by some of the images from these sessions, as the Pope opens his arms and his heart to those facing sometimes shocking health difficulties.
As the panel opened the session to questions from the audience, Collins approached the microphone, not with a question, but a comment.
Prices opened lower and steadily increased their losses as the session progressed.
Mr. Ahmadinejad's much-talked-about appearance at Columbia was the opening act of a week of dramatic theater here as the United Nations General Assembly opened its annual session.
