LePage, lawmakers fail to reach budget deal, triggering government shutdown
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine Maines 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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packman
(16,296 posts)Is this going to be Republican State Dominos falling one after another?
Paladin
(28,271 posts)LePage and Christie are sub-human pieces of garbage. I hope this spells the end of a couple of lousy political careers.
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,756 posts)that failed, wrongheaded conservative economic dogma is not the answer.