It's in the House that the remaining business of the legislative session will be done; but one thing's clear: This morning's exercise, in which a new charter school cap-lifting bill was introduced in a hastily-called Ways & Means Committee meeting, then passed on the floor 39-29 amid much debate, was all for naught; the Senate has adjourned without taking up the bill.

Here, Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, visits with Rep. Darrell Bolz, R-Caldwell, and Speaker Lawerence Denney during the lunch break today, with boxes piled up outside the chamber in anticipation of adjournment, which could still be several hours away. The House was in mid-debate on the public schools budget when it stopped for lunch.