| For the 2nd time, The House Speaker was met with defeat. This time it happened in the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget. A Tobacco tax vote became deadlocked at 11-11. Other votes also took place. This is breaking and we will have a fuller report, soon. HB1058 Health Appropriations PASSED HB1057 Earned Income Credit PASSED HB1056 State Agency Pay PASSED HB1055 Teacher Pay PASSED HB1054 Tobacco Tax FAILED UPDATE: Two members of the Budget leadership, Wallace & Kannady; consult before deciding not to vote on the deadlocked bill. Platform Caucus member, Jason Murphey, shows a glimmer of pleasure in the demise of a defeat of the biggest tax package in decades. |  |
