Chances of passage before Congress's scheduled adjournment in October "would be slim at best," Mr. Shelby told reporters after the committee's hearing in Washington.
Those partisan accusations on Friday — the eve of the legislature's scheduled adjournment Saturday — put final budget negotiations under a cloud.
Mr. Pataki and Senate Republicans have been cool to the Democrats' additions, leaving it unclear if legislation can be agreed upon before the State Legislature's scheduled adjournment next week.
For now, the broadcasts are scheduled for just four days next month -- June 4, 6, 11 and 18 -- but Speaker Sheldon Silver said more dates could be added if, as expected, the Legislature goes past its June 20 scheduled adjournment for the year.
Tuesday's vote brings the legislature a major step closer to ending a budget impasse that has caused the legislature to extend its session nearly a month beyond its scheduled adjournment.
The weather cleared in time for the normal resumption of play at 4 30 after the scheduled adjournment.
What is more, the House-Senate panel could simply hold on to the bill until Congress is close to its scheduled Thanksgiving adjournment and then try to exact continued money for the Supercollider as the price of getting out of town for the winter holidays.
But President Obama presented new questions for Congress to consider ahead of a scheduled holiday adjournment.
But as Thursday progressed, Congressional leaders sought to reassert themselves on the crisis, scheduling oversight hearings, calling for a legislative response to the market turmoil and offering to put off an adjournment scheduled to start at the end of next week if the administration and Congress could find common ground on a solution.
That would give the Senate and House a week to debate and vote on final energy legislation before the scheduled Oct. 4 adjournment of Congress.
Such a move subjects the bill to hurdles that would be difficult to clear before the Senate's adjournment, scheduled for Sept. 26.
