Posted on 08/21/2014 10:18:36 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
The Speaker of The House tried to ram through a bill containing a smorgasbord of odds-and-ends spending desired by the governor and various special interests. It got shot down once in the GOP caucus. It got shot down on the House floor Friday in a late-in-the-day revolt.
Speaker Tillis and his allies took the hardball route this week. They loaded up the legislation with even more pork, and threatened non-compliant conservatives with a potential ouster from the GOP caucus. Once that shenanigan went public, things continued to go south for the speaker. He took some tough questions during a Monday caucus meeting, but said the hardball disloyalty effort was not needed — he already had his votes. (Or so he thought.)
Once again, the man from Huntersville got surprised on the House floor. HB 1224 went down in a blaze of glory, by a margin of 47-54.
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Is it to much to ask that you tell us what state this is from.
North Carolina.
Nice going guys.
Of course, here in Virginia we send two dems who march in lockstep with Obama. Like North Carolina, we are likely to send Warner back to do more damage.
(sigh)...
It is amazing to watch the establishment try to figure out how to get things done when traditional log rolling loses them votes.
I don't know why people have quit putting the state at the end of the title when posting.
Is a female dog with pups a dog-Ma?
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