WALLKILL – The state Conservative Committee chairman Thursday took Senate Democrats to task for now allowing business to resume.

Speaking at a fundraiser in Orange County for Republican Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt, Michael Long said the Democrats should face the music and get down to the people’s business with the Republicans holding the majority.

“The Democrats in the Senate won last November, that was OK with them. But, then when they lost some nine days or 12 days ago, they are not willing to accept what the rules of the game are, and if you don’t have the 32 votes and the Republicans do – now they have 31 because one defected back – but at the time they were elected to run the show,” he told the Statewide News Network.

Long was also extremely critical of the Democrats for refusing to salute the flag earlier this week. “We have men in Afghanistan fighting for our country, we have men in Iraq fighting for our country,” he said. “We have people in Iran fighting for freedom and Democrats sitting here refusing to say the pledge of allegiance to the flag.”

Meanwhile, the deadlock continues with no legislation being approved in Albany.