Governor Branstad said he’s being patient while the state legislature continues to work overtime.

Branstad said he understands that many bigger and more important bills are handled until the very last days of the session.

“Often times, the tough decisions do get left by the legislature ’til the end,” said Branstad. “Patience and perseverance always pays off in this business, and so we try to work together to resolve the differences.”

Branstad said he also expects this week to not see a lot of movement within both houses.

“I’m a realist,” said Branstad. “And in light of the fact we have some legislators that are gone and the Senate will not be taking action this week, everything will likely be set back a week.”

Branstad said he’s still pushing for lawmakers to pass his anti-bullying and state-wide broadband Internet bills before wrapping up.

“The priorities that I spelled out in the initial State of the State address continue to be our priorities that we work on,” said Branstad.