UPDATE (4:45 pm): The House just adjourned the spring session. And it’s still daylight. Wow. The party will start around 6pm.

ANOTHER UPDATE (3:45 pm): Sen. del Valle just emerged from the governor’s office and told reporters that he didn’t think there was a need for an amendment to the budget. He implied, but did not say explicitly, that he was speaking for all the Latinos. He was reportedly promised that there would be much improved communication with the governor’s office and some other stuff. Details later.

VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE: Rumors are running wild today, so let’s try to clear up a couple of them.

1) Nobody got punched. Apparently there was a loud argument during the Senate Democratic caucus (over the Latinos’ refusal to vote for the budget) and two members took it outside. They were eventually separated and things have cooled off a bit.

2) No Latino legislators have been “escorted from the building” by security. The person rumored to have been hauled out of the governor’s office hasn’t even been to the governor’s office today and is on the Senate floor right now.

Now, back to the fun. And, please, don’t expound on those untrue rumors in comments. I’ll ban you from posting forever and hunt you down.

UPDATE: Sen. Miguel del Valle is in the governor’s office now (3:20 pm). Madigan and Jones were both in there earlier.

From the AP:

Senate President Emil Jones says he’s not worried that last-minute demands from some senators are stalling a budget vote.

He says he expects those issues will be resolved but he won’t say whether that will happen today.

The House approved the budget yesterday with all Democrat votes. But concerns from Hispanic Democratic lawmakers in the Senate about needing more education spending prevented a vote there last night.

Some Hispanic lawmakers say Governor Blagojevich should address their concerns.