"The lesson from the failure of the Step Up plan in the House last week isn't that we should move on, it's that we need to continue working and consider proposals in smaller packages. It is shortsighted, premature, and irresponsible to push through so early in the legislative session yet another inadequate budget plan that includes only cuts. A 'yes' vote on these cuts was a vote to abandon negotiations. Instead of giving up and imposing arbitrary cuts, the Republican leadership of the legislature and the Governor should return to the negotiating table.