MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Many promises were made and broken during the nearly five-month process of passing Wisconsin's new two-year budget.

Gov. Jim Doyle said the middle class would be protected while he and fellow Democrats in charge of the Legislature figured out how to solve a $6.6 billion shortfall. While general sales and income taxes weren't raised, more than $2 billion in other taxes and fees did go up.

Assembly Democrats said they would work with Republicans under a new spirit of bipartisanship. That didn't happen as every Republican voted against the budget.

And there was also talk of the process being more open than ever before. Alas, it was as secretive as ever.

Democrats did promise to pass the budget on time. Doyle signed it into law on Monday, a full two days early.