ALBANY, N.Y. -- There will be serious problems if several pieces of so-called non-controversial legislation isn't passed by the end of the day Tuesday, but depending on who you talk to, the severity of the consequences varies.

"It's not about June 8th. It's about June 30th. It's about tomorrow, June 30th, only a few hours away," said Senator David Valesky.

Democrats are sounding the alarm, putting the Senate's inaction on critical legislation onto the shoulders of Republicans and defecting Democrat Pedro Espada.

"Seven point two billion dollars. That’s what it’s about,” said Democratic Senate Leader John Sampson. “Power for Jobs, stimulus money, local government funding. This is not a game of chicken here, we're not playing a game of chicken here."

The deadline is June 30th. Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

Democratic conference leader Sampson says if the Senate doesn't act by that time, benefits for important programs like Power for Jobs will immediately stop, with $136.5 million on the line and 250,000 jobs in danger.

"There is real consequences to not acting," said Senator Darrel Aubertine.

But Republicans say it's not so.

"Any bill that you pass can be moved forward or backward. It's historic almost when you deal with Albany. Deadlines don't really mean deadlines. They know that and that's why they're playing the stall game," said Senator Jim Alesi.

A spokesperson for Senate Republicans said if it were that dire, the governor could extend some of the legislation by executive order. In 2006, Power for Jobs was set to expire in June, but the legislature didn't renew it until September, with little consequence.

"What's making things worse is the governor is grand-standing on this whole issue, trying to drive his numbers up like he's a tough guy bringing the Senate back in and really what he's done is set this whole process back," Alesi said.

Another major concern is local government funding. Senate Democrats and the governor said if city and county sales taxes are not extended by Tuesday night, counties will lose revenue on the order of a billion dollars or more, which could mean even higher property taxes.

"Our budgets are coming to shape right now. July and August, some of them get passed in September. We have to give the tax department 90 days notice of the sales tax rate," said NYSAC Executive Director Stephen Acquario.

Still, the actual deadline for sales tax extenders is November 30th, but knowing how things progress in Albany, Acquario said lawmakers should not wait until the last minute.

"We don't know where we're going. There's no road map ahead here,” said Acquario. “What we need is certainty and passing this legislation gives a level of certainty that we need to construct a 2010 operating budget."

In all, Democrats said there are nine bills that must be acted on by Tuesday night.