Wed
Feb 4 2015
07:42 pm
State Rep Craig Fitzhugh on TNGOP Blocking Insure Tennessee in Commitee
By: WhitesCreek

I hope no Republican has the audacity to file for per diem, because they wasted three days looking for an excuse to vote against Insure Tennessee

Statement from Craig Fitzhugh on the failure of House Republicans to pass Governor Haslam's Insure Tennessee Legislation:

“When 280,000 Tennesseans are just hours away from getting insurance, Republicans get cold feet and walk away. This is an insult to Governor Haslam, a betrayal of our constituents and proves that Republicans are totally incapable of governing. In my 21 years of service, I cannot recall being more disappointed than I am today.

I hope no Republican has the audacity to file for per diem, because they wasted three days looking for an excuse to vote against Insure Tennessee. For my part, I will return all mine later this week. Going forward I hope the Governor calls us back into special session again and again until we get this right. This isn't over."

Harwell says she will write a bill that will pass:

Submitted by WhitesCreek on February 4, 2015 - 8:27pm.

Haslam said he’s open to further negotiating a deal with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, but said he doubts the feds can give up any more than it has already, saying “I don’t know what else we’d go and ask them for.”

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