Health Care Vote Scheduled

Of course it is scheduled the same day as the Republicans are scheduled to be down in San Diego, but Assembly Speaker Nunez insists that they are running up against a deadline. SacBee:

But despite the GOP lawmakers’ plans to be hundreds of miles away, Nunez’s office says the speaker won’t reschedule the vote.

“The dates are driven by the secretary of state’s deadline for putting a measure on the November 2008 ballot,” said Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Núñez. “We don’t have much of a choice. Deadlines are deadlines.”

Assembly GOP leader Mike Villines says he has spoken with Núñez, who told Villines he would “try to accommodate” but didn’t promise to push back session from Dec. 5, when both the Senate and Assembly GOP caucus will be in San Diego.

This does not mean that there is a deal. That would need to be agreed to before a vote can take place. With the dearth of information coming out about any movement on the legislation itself this qualifies as news, small it may be.