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As the window for calling a special session tightens, Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republican leaders still*are fencing over the details of his doomsday budget proposal and whether the Republicans will come up with an alternative plan next week.

Neither side has offered definitive numbers on its ideas to close the state?s nearly $1 billion budget gap, and both have criticized the other for not bringing enough detail to the table.

?In my opinion, the governor?s plan needs some work,? Republican Caucus Chairman Rep. Lance Harris, R-Alexandria, said in an interview Friday. ?We have to have details of exactly who you're going to tax, how you?re going to tax, before we can even begin to make an intelligent decision on behalf of our constituents.?

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