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 Support is growing among Republican leaders to have every other legislative session dedicated exclusively to writing the budget.
 
     With as many as 3,000 bills filed every year, rank-and-file legislators complain they have little time to dedicate to working out Oklahoma's spending plan.
 
     A proposal last year to send the issue to voters passed the House with bipartisan support, but was derailed in the Senate.
 
     But Republican Governor Mary Fallin endorsed the plan during her campaign for governor, and Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman said this week he's open to the idea.
 
     Some Democrats complain the plan could further shut out the minority party.
 
     Because the duties of the Legislature would be changed, the proposal would require a vote of the people to amend the Oklahoma Constitution.