Gov Paterson May Call Senate into Special Session in New York

Gov. David A. Paterson is threatening to call a special session of the State Senate for Wednesday if senators don’t quickly approve dozens of important measures that have been languishing since the June 8 coup. But a special session has its limits: the State Legislature legally has to return and gavel in on the day of a session, but it does not have to actually consider any of the bills Paterson wants them to approve. It is a lesson Paterson learned just last November, as have a long line of governors before him. The threat, just a few days after Paterson said he would not be calling a special session, came as the two warring Republican and Democratic sides remained far apart in trying to resolve the leadership dispute that has kept any bills from passing the Senate for two weeks. Full Story from Buffalo News

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