Last week’s fragile budget framework at the state Capitol showed danger of collapse Tuesday as legislators from both parties spent hours posturing and the governor and GOP leaders hardened their negotiating positions.

The day produced no visible progress toward a deal to solve Minnesota’s $5 billion deficit by the May 23 session deadline.

Conference committees finished merging the remaining nine budget bills, and legislators overnight started passing spending bills that face a likely veto from Gov. Mark Dayton.

On Monday, Dayton revised his budget plan, saying he wanted to meet the Republicans “halfway” — essentially doubling his proposed cuts and halving potential tax increases.

But the momentum stopped there, when Republican leaders quickly rejected Dayton’s proposal.

Then on Tuesday, Dayton and GOP leaders traded shots throughout the day over “dud” negotiating meetings between state agency heads and legislative committee chairs. Each side criticized the other for not having the authority to negotiate.

“It was truly a disappointing meeting,” said Sen. Julianne Ortman, a chief author of the merged taxes bill. “There was no serious discussion on the part of the governor.”

That’s after back-to-back press conferences Tuesday morning in front of the Governor’s Residence.

Dayton has said he wouldn’t begin negotiating with Republicans until all the budget bills are on the table. The GOP, meanwhile, has criticized him for not getting involved in the process, something that both sides reaffirmed at the outdoor press sessions.

Also, House members spent hours debating the merits of Dayton’s proposed $1.8 billion tax increase before defeating it on a near party-line vote.

Later Tuesday, Republicans complained that Dayton’s commissioners aren’t prepared to make substantive progress negotiating on the budget. They added that the commissioners haven’t been constructive or given specific feedback about the bills.

“They’ve been less than willing to engage,” Ortman said. “We have invited and invited and invited.”

Both Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, chairman of the Environment and Natural Resources committee, and Sen. Mike Parry, a chief author of the State Government omnibus bill, say the Dayton administration haven’t offered any real changes to make their legislation more palatable to the governor.

“There is great concern for the gardener at the Governor’s Mansion,” Parry said. “That one took us by surprise — we hadn’t heard that before.”

Parry said he had the authority to reach a compromise with Dayton on the bill’s spending target, meaning he could reduce some of the cuts included in his legislation.

With conference reports posted but not signed by the conferees or passed, Dayton and lawmakers had less strict time restraints to negotiate. But because both chambers began voting the bills through this week, discussions will have to exist in the three-day timeframe before a likely Dayton veto.

The Senate would take up Parry’s legislation today. Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter indicated that Dayton would veto the bill, Parry said.

Still, “I don’t know what other choice we have,” he said of passing the bill despite a threatened veto.

Each bill’s passage goes against what Republican leaders have said in the past — that they don’t want to pass legislation that faces a likely veto.