California: Dan Logue

STATE CAPITOL - As they welcomed 11 new GOP Assembly members and three new Republican state Senators Monday, the minority-party members in Sacramento said their position is as firm as ever on how to solve - and not solve - the state's economic woes.

"Our margin is obviously smaller, but that's a difference without a distinction," said Assemblyman Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks), who was elected to a third term on Nov. 4 and has served as vice chair of the Assembly Budget Committee.