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There were some exceptions, particularly in the Senate, where the newly minted legislative team of Sens. Dean Heller (left) and Jack Reed hooked up. The Nevada Republican and Rhode Island Democrat made waves over the last two months by partnering to try to pass an extension of federal unemployment benefits, with Mr. Heller bucking many in his own party to work with Democrats.
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State Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, right, talks with Sen. Kevin de Leon, after the Senate approved Evans measure that would limit the number of prospective jury members during the Senate session a the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Prosecutors and defense attorney would be able to reject fewer jurors in misdemeanor trials under Evans bill, SB794 that was approve by the Senate Tuesday. Currently both sides can use up to 10 so-called peremptory challenges, which let attorney dismiss jurors without starting a specific reason. The bill now goes to the Assembly.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Senators Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, called on lawmakers to approve his bill to require toy guns to look different from guns that fire bullets, during the Senate session at the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. By a 22-8 vote the Senate approved the bill, SB199, requiring toy guns, BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns to be made to look clearly different from guns that fire bullets. The bill was prompted by the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Santa Rosa by a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy who mistook the boys airsoft rifle for a real AK47 last October. The bill now goes to the Assembly.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Senators Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, right, and Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, seated, watch as the votes are tallied for de Leon's bill to require toy guns to look different from guns that fire bullets, during the Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. By a 22-8 vote the Senate approved the bill, SB199, that will require toy guns, BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns to be made to look clearly different from guns that fire bullets. The bill was prompted by the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Santa Rosa by a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy who mistook the boy's airsoft rifle for a real AK47 last October. The bill now goes to the Assembly.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, pauses as he discusses the conviction of Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Earlier in the day a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Wright guilty on eight counts of perjury and voter fraud.
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Senate minority leader Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake, looks on during Senate leadership news conference Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers have returned to the state Capitol for their annual legislative session, a five-week whirlwind that's one of the shortest in the country. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
