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Doyle says he will call special session to break budget stalemate (AP)

Gov. Jim Doyle says he will call a special session of the Legislature next week to try to break a stalemate over the state budget if it is not passed by Friday.

Doyle said at a news conference today at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus that he believes Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch and some other Republican lawmakers do not want a new budget. He said the special session is needed for moderates in both parties to strike a deal.