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jpak

(41,741 posts)
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 01:50 PM Jul 2017

LePage, lawmakers fail to reach budget deal, triggering government shutdown

Source: Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s government shut down for the first time since 1991 at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, as Republicans in the House of Representatives left to chants of “shame” after they effectively killed a two-year budget compromise forged by two legislative leaders.

As they left, Gov. Paul LePage was reportedly set to propose another budget bill by Monday, but House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, said from the rostrum that “in its current form and with its current list of demands, it will not win Democratic votes to pass this House.”

The final votes came after the Republican governor summoned legislative leaders to the Blaine House at 10:30 p.m. Friday, where Gideon said the governor “had a temper tantrum” and walked out at one point, saying, “Shut her down” in reference to state government.

“So, all I can ask as we sit here moments from midnight, that we all look deeply within ourselves before making this choice,” Gideon said before a vote. “As representatives, we are accountable first not to our party, not to our leadership, not to the chief executive, but just to our constituents.”

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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2017/07/01/politics/lepage-lawmakers-fail-to-reach-budget-deal-triggering-government-shutdown/?ref=regionstate

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LePage, lawmakers fail to reach budget deal, triggering government shutdown (Original Post) jpak Jul 2017 OP
New Jersey and now Maine packman Jul 2017 #1
Nice to see a political trend falling our way, for a change. Paladin Jul 2017 #2
Love it...keep it up Dem legislators iluvtennis Jul 2017 #3
Republicans are learning the hard way J_William_Ryan Jul 2017 #4
 

packman

(16,296 posts)
1. New Jersey and now Maine
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 02:15 PM
Jul 2017

Is this going to be Republican State Dominos falling one after another?

Paladin

(28,202 posts)
2. Nice to see a political trend falling our way, for a change.
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 02:23 PM
Jul 2017

LePage and Christie are sub-human pieces of garbage. I hope this spells the end of a couple of lousy political careers.

J_William_Ryan

(1,736 posts)
4. Republicans are learning the hard way
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 02:43 PM
Jul 2017

that failed, wrongheaded conservative economic dogma is not the answer.

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