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State budget faces tough road in Senate

The GOP-crafted state budget may have flown through the Assembly early Wednesday, but the plan still faces major roadblocks before it can become law.

Standing in the way are fiscal conservatives in the state Senate, who want deeper spending cuts in the state’s $52.9 billion two-year spending blueprint, and Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat who has warned he could veto the entire plan if it doesn’t give more money for schools.