Task: Determine the valence intensity of the snippet, indicating a degree of positivity or negativity on a scale from 0 (strongly negative) to 1 (strongly positive), reflecting the emotional content expressed.
Snippet: Undeterred by New York's looming budget deficit, Warren Anderson, the retiring majority leader of the Republican State Senate, awarded hefty bonuses last month to 12 of his top legal advisers, thus locking in higher pensions.
Intensity score: 