Gov. Dannel P. Malloy insists he won't seek more taxes this session after raising more than $1.5 billion last spring.

But with a sluggish recovery and an expensive pension fix turning Malloy's future budget surpluses into a potential deficit by July 2013, Republicans already are questioning whether more tax talk is dead -- or simply being swept under the rug until after the November legislative elections?

"It would be the height of fiscal irresponsibility to make changes to the pension plans now that would create a budget hole in a little more than a year," House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero, R-Norwalk, said.

"The governor's budget passed by the Democrats continues to fall apart ... despite the largest tax increase in state history," added Senate Minority Leader John P. McKinney, R-Fairfield.

Even Malloy's fellow Democrats in the legislature are beginning to show concerns over the direction of state finances.