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Senate, Paterson to meet on standoff

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UPDATED 5:00 p.m.

Senate leaders have emerged from a meeting with Governor Paterson, but there's still no deal in place -- and there won't be one tonight, they tell CBS 6.

Leaders from both the Republican and Democratic conferences of the Senate chamber met with Gov. Paterson for over an hour in another effort to work out a power-sharing arrangement. They emerged from the room united -- but still without a deal.

And so the state senators will continue to work through the weekend, the leaders said.

For more on the discussion between the state senators and Governor Paterson, click here.

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Battling leaders of New York's Senate and Gov. David Paterson are scheduled to meet to try work out a power-sharing agreement for the chamber.

The Senate remains gridlocked after a June 8 coup by a Republican-dominated coalition over the Democratic conference. The Senate is now evenly split after one of the dissidents defected back to the Democratic conference. Action on critical bills has been stymied for weeks.

The closed-door session Friday afternoon is expected to be in Paterson's state Capitol office.


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