House, Senate back different tax plans, and neither yielding

"The special session has come down to a game of chicken, in slow motion.

Democratic leaders have agreed to about $800 million in taxes to help close a $2.8 billion budget shortfall. But they're still divided on the mix, in particular whether to include a general sales-tax increase. The Senate wants a three-tenths of a cent increase. The House wants none at all.

Neither side seems ready to budge as the Legislature heads into its fourth day of a special session."