The budget was just presented for debate on the House floor. Rep. Dubose Porter, Dublin-D proposed to make cuts to the growth of Medicaid of $60 million and another $20.5 million to come from other departments so that an increase in salaries for teachers and other state employees, moving their pay raises from 4% to 5% could be funded.
Rep. Jeff Brown, LaGrange-R took the well to oppose this amendment as well as Rep. Jerry Keen, St. Simon's Island-R and Rep. Ben Harbin, Evans-R.
Speaker Glenn Richardson Dallas-R offered that the House could first vote on the proposed cut of $81.5 million and then if this amendment passed, they would take 5 minutes to give all House members a chance to propose amendments to claim that money...the proposed cut failed, and the House budget as originally proposed passed.
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Dave Blanchard blogging from the Capitol.
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1 comment:
perhaps, I'm speaking without much open-mindedness.
Why would ANYONE want to CUT from this one fund that benefits EVERYONE?
Thank goodness it passed!
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