Several prominent lawmakers predict that such a law will pass in 2004.
However, she was determined that spending would not rise to $17 billion, as some lawmakers had predicted earlier in the week.
Many lawmakers predicted the same will happen this year.
But lobbyists and lawmakers predict that this year will be different because the fund is running dry.
Some lawmakers predict that foreign investment will elevate the trade debate.
The session, most lawmakers predict, will be an eventful one.
Lawmakers on both sides predict that capital punishment would prevail in a floor vote.
Lawmakers predicted that with this being an election year, an on-time budget was likely.
Still, several lawmakers here predicted they would come to an agreement on a term-limits bill to bring before the voters.
The Assembly had passed a different version of the bill, but lawmakers in both houses predicted that a compromise would be reached soon.