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Compromise is part of the process
This week, I sponsored HB 12, which was offered as a compromise to raise the revenue necessary to fund the budget and avoid the fiscal cliff. When it came up for a second vote, a small handful of Legislators rejected it and ran out the clock, refusing to participate in the process and compromise.
Read MoreMoving the process forward
Today, with only 4 days left in the Second Special Session of 2018, the sixth Special Session since 2016, we will finally be allowed to vote on a budget bill on the House floor.
Read MoreFacing reality
Today we begin special session and we stop talking in hypotheticals.
Read MoreExchanging despair for hope
This week, we begin the 2018 Regular Session. I think we can all agree that it comes on the heels of a disappointing Special Session in which the Louisiana Legislature failed to address the $994 Million deficit that threatens to halt the State’s otherwise positive momentum. I was more than disappointed with the results of the Special Session-I was devastated.
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