2-18-11 Parliament will meet with heads of blocs and the Finance Committee to resolve the budget law

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1. A parliamentary source said today that Nujaifi met with the heads of the political blocs and the Finance Committee to resolve the financial budget bill
2. He stressed that the budget will go to vote in Parliament during Sunday's meeting

Let's keep a watchful eye on what Maliki does with the 3 security minister positions.  I would hope that he gives the names in Saturday's session.  If he does, then they could potentially have a full government by tomorrow.  They can then vote and ratify the budget on Sunday.  If Maliki doesn't hand over the names of the 3 security ministries, or if they can't come to agreement in Saturday's meeting, we might see the vote on the budget slip out to the first part of next week.