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Maj. Floor leader: Dems unlikely to get the Medicaid expansion vote they want

May 12, 2014 By Mike Lear

The Majority Floor Leader in the House says the chamber’s Democrats have already had what they say they want, before they will vote for a transportation sales tax increase.

House Majority Floor Leader John Diehl (Photo courtesy; Tim Bommell, Missouri House Communications)

House Majority Floor Leader John Diehl (Photo courtesy; Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications)

House Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) told Missourinet that his caucus wants a vote on Medicaid expansion before any of its members would vote on the proposed three-quarters-of-one-cent sales tax increase to support transportation.

Democrat support is expected to be needed in order for the transportation tax proposal to pass.

See earlier story

Representative John Diehl (R-Town and Country) says they’ve already had one, during debate on the budget.

“We allowed the Democrats to offer a Medicaid expansion amendment,” says Diehl. That amendment was offered during debate of the Department of Social Services budget. It was defeated 50-98.

Diehl did not say whether that legislation would be brought to a vote in this final week of the session. The Senate changed the bill to the three-quarters-of-one-cent proposal from the one-cent proposal that the House previously passed. The House has not officially acknowledged the Senate vote.

Of the possibility of the House holding a vote on Medicaid expansion to meet Democrats’ demands, Diehl says he, “can’t see that happening.”

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Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Dave Hinson, Jake Hummel, John Diehl, Medicaid expansion, Mike Kehoe, transportation tax

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