Posted on 08/30/2007 8:13:42 AM PDT by SmithL
As time ticks down on any chance for legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to agree this year on a bill to expand access to health insurance, Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez is trying to turn up the heat on the governor.
With a mix of legislative maneuvering, press conferences and interviews, Núñez is sending Schwarzenegger a message that the perpetually optimistic chief executive seems determined to ignore: Republican lawmakers are never going to vote for his plan.
Schwarzenegger is proposing a mix of taxes and fees on employers, doctors and hospitals to subsidize insurance for those who cannot afford it.
He also wants to require everyone to obtain coverage and require insurance companies to offer it to anyone who applies, regardless of pre-existing health conditions.
But as Núñez notes, that's simply too many taxes and mandates for Republican legislators to accept, and the sooner Schwarzenegger acknowledges that reality, the better.
The speaker says he intends to package the governor's plan as legislation and present it to the Assembly, where it will surely die. In fact, Núñez said, his own vote for the bill, which he will cast as a "courtesy," will likely be the only support the governor's plan receives.
"I'm going to take him from the stratosphere, and I am going to ground him," Núñez told me in an interview in his Capitol office. "He needs a little grounding. Nobody likes his plan."
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
We have had a donations hold on the RNC for quite some time now. No action, no cash.
I’m beginning to believe I might just part with a little cash soon for at least the California Republicans. They seem to be showing the Cajones needed to stop the insanity.
So now Fabian Nunez is the voice of sanity in Sacramento?
Arnold, Arnold, was machen sie da?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I thought you might enjoy this.
Just make sure to give it directly to the legislators, not the CRP. The CRP money just ends up helping Schwarzenegger.
My idea of “enjoyment” is not quite *that* warped! LOL.
Thanks for the ping.
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