With a week before the state budget deadline, the state Senate is just now passing its budget resolution. It's just one step toward open meetings for an agreement. Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross has more on how the Senate's ideas differ from the governor's.

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Senate Democrats' road map looks a lot like Governor Paterson's, but they made some changes when it comes to cuts and taxes.

"These were not easy choices, but neither are the decisions facing families on a day to day basis. We need to balance our checkbook like those families," Sampson said.

While they did make a number of cuts, some of the most unpopular ideas in the Governor's budget were taken out. In the Democrat's draft, there's no soda tax, which New Yorkers have rallied against. Back in the budget, funding for all 57 state parks and 22 historical sites that were slated to close. Still hit hard though were education and health care, where the majority says a disproportionate amount of money is spent on.

"We certainly anticipate many people will be unhappy with the proposed cuts, but we also think New Yorkers will by and large recognize that we have no other choice and by and large our rejection of new taxes is in respect for what we've heard from New Yorkers across the state," said Senator Liz Krueger.

Democrats also took out $1.1 billion in taxes, which has Senate Republicans charging that the plan doesn't add up.

"I'm disappointed they don't have a finance plan. How do you, it's like a household budget, we'll tell you what we're going to spend but we're not going to tell you where we're getting the money," said Senator Roy McDonald.

The GOP also criticized Democrats for not being transparent during the process, claiming they weren't given nearly enough time with the draft.

"You can't give somebody a draft and in an hour and a half with $136 billion and say there's something in there that you like, but there might be 500 things you don't like," McDonald said.

One thing the Republicans may or may not like, the legalization of medicinal marijuana, which was included on the last page of the Democrat's draft.

While a new Siena poll shows that more than half of New Yorkers may be in favor of it, Republicans say slow down.

"Well that's an illustration. That should be a standalone vote, but that's not a budgetary item," McDonald said.

McDonald says he wants to see both parties go line by line through this budget proposal and find a bipartisan solution. Still waiting to see where the Assembly stands on the budget.

A spokesman for Speaker Silver says the majority conference is still taking ideas before they speak with the Senate about the budget.