Critics said the end-of-session turmoil punctuated multiple missteps that eroded the Democratic governor’s political capital after gaining extraordinary goodwill when she succeeded scandal-scarred Andrew Cuomo in August 2021.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/21/hochul-legislature-new-york-00102205

Gone is divided government and along with it a desire by some legislators to hold bills back as tools in the end-of-session bargaining.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2023/01/interesting-omnibus-critic-marty-now-leads-committee-that-crafts-the-massive-bills/

The latter could be a key to solving the current end-of-session rush that always seems to play into the hands of the money committee chairs.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/10/well-keep-the-heat-on-legislators/