Sen. J.D. Alexander Confident Budget Hurdles are 'Solvable'

A nearly four-hour morning Senate Budget Committee delayed some of the weekends state budget talks on Saturday.

However, Senate Budget Committee Chairman J.D. Alexander, R-Lake Wales, said he views all outstanding issues as imminently solvable.

The Budget Committee chairs began meeting again to go over the latest offers from each chamber.

The budget chiefs worked until around 11 p.m. Friday going over criminal justice, agriculture and general government offers.

Up next will be education and health and human services.

A final package is needed to be completed by Tuesday in order to give the deal its required 72-hour cooling-off period before the House and Senate can vote on the fiscal plan that hovers around $70 billion.