The Democrat-controlled Assembly has not gone even that far.

In the last legislative session, the Democrat-controlled Assembly passed a casino bill.

The Democrat-controlled Assembly maintains that it will not countenance such an exemption.

There are 93 Democrats in the Democrat-controlled Assembly.

The Democrat-controlled Assembly proposes a $1.7 billion increase.

The Democrat-controlled Assembly passed the bill, 50-28, after nearly five hours of debate.

There was no immediate comment from the Democrat-controlled Assembly.

The administration and the Democrat-controlled Assembly want to create fewer prisons and concentrate on alternatives.

After a three-hour debate that seemed almost formulaic, the Democrat-controlled Assembly approved a bill to restore the death penalty 99 to 44.

The Republican bill would generally impose fewer restrictions on smoking than a measure in the Democrat-controlled Assembly.