Today's vote would put an additional $1,800 a year in their pockets.
But he said that today's vote still put the state on the road to the most significant education reform in the nation.
Still, the sponsors of the Senate measure hope the vote next week will put political pressure on the House to act.
Today's vote put the final touch on a broad overhaul of the Communist leadership this week.
Wednesday's vote did not put an end to the drilling debate.
The vote for full disclosure put the scandal at his door.
Some London supporters believed those votes would have put their candidate above 25 percent.
But even those votes will not put the treaty into effect.
This vote - I hope - will put an end to a controversial measure.
A vote for the Greens will put pressure on the other parties to act responsibly.