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Opposition MKs won a small victory over the government Monday by pushing back the vote on the 2006 state budget by two days.
The budget was scheduled to go to a first reading and vote in the Knesset Monday afternoon. However, following the objections of several Pensioner and Labor MKs to the hike in the bread prices, the Knesset’s Interim House Committee decided to delay the vote to Wednesday.
While Kadima MKs shrugged off the delay, calling it a “generous gesture” to allow other parties to review the budget, others said it pointed to the weakness of Olmert’s coalition.





