State Sen. John Benoit, R-Palm Desert,, right bows his head as he and fellow GOP State Senators, Tony Strickland, of Thousand Oaks, foreground, Sam Aanestad, of Grass Valley, left, and Jeff Denham, of Merced, top, wait for the final votes to be cast on a budget measure before the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Tuesday, June 30, 2009. By a 25-14 party line vote the Senate failed to approve a stopgap plan to stave off the need for IOUs and ease the state's $24.3 billion budget deficit. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

State Sen. John Benoit, R-Palm Desert,, right bows his head as he and fellow GOP State Senators, Tony Strickland, of Thousand Oaks, foreground, Sam Aanestad, of Grass Valley, left, and Jeff Denham, of Merced, top, wait for the final votes to be cast on a budget measure before the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Tuesday, June 30, 2009. By a 25-14 party line vote the Senate failed to approve a stopgap plan to stave off the need for IOUs and ease the state's $24.3 billion budget deficit.

More Photos of Sam Aanestad

View as Grid »

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has a microphone attached to his tie before addressing a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Workers prepares electoral material at the Bolivia's National Electoral Court in La Paz November 30, 2009. Bolivians go to the polls for presidential elections on December 6.
  2. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Victory Square in central Minsk, November 30, 2009.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 30: Bono attends the NIKE & (RED) Charity Announcement at NikeTown on November 30, 2009 in London, England. On the day before World Aids day some of the world's best footballers joined Bono at an announcement of the partnership between NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and (RED) at Nike Town, London. This unique partnership delivers a two-pronged approach to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa by delivering funds to support programs that offer education and medication on the ground and will harness the power of sport to engage youth around the world in the fight against AIDS in Africa.
  4. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Victory Square in central Minsk, November 30, 2009.
  5. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 30: La Mari, singer of the Spanish band 'Chambao', presents 'En El Fin Del Mundo' documentary on November 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  6. Independent Chilean presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami (R) delivers a speech during a campaign rally at Santiago November 30, 2009. Chileans go to the polls in the first round of presidential elections on December 13.
  7. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 30: La Mari, singer of the Spanish band 'Chambao', presents 'En El Fin Del Mundo' documentary on November 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  8. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 30: La Mari, singer of the Spanish band 'Chambao', presents 'En El Fin Del Mundo' documentary on November 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  9. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 30: La Mari, singer of the Spanish band 'Chambao', presents 'En El Fin Del Mundo' documentary on November 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  10. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 30: La Mari, singer of the Spanish band 'Chambao', presents 'En El Fin Del Mundo' documentary on November 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  11. In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko left, poses for a photo with deputy chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Saeedi, prior to a press conference during a visit to the Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, just outside the southern port city of Bushehr, Iran, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Russia will contribute to a constructive dialogue between the Sextet and Iran, and between the IAEA and Iran on Tehran's nuclear programme, Shmatko said, according to the Tass news service.
  12. Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma delivers his speech during the plenary session of the 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  13. Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming delivers a speech during the plenary session of the 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the International Conference Center Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. China rejected Monday the charge that it was keeping the yuan artificially low against the dollar, but rather blamed another "major economy" for keeping its own currency weak.
  14. A general view of assembly hall during the plenary session of the 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  15. Chinese Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, delivers his speech during the plenary session of the 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  16. Chinese Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, delivers his speech during the plenary session of the 7th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.