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Vote Counts: House education finance bill nays

Voting no on the House education finance bill on final action last night: Nays: Bradford, Curtis, DeGraaf, Dove, Edmonds, Edwards, Esau, Garber, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Henderson, Henry, Highland, Hildabrand, Howell, Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kinzer, McPherson, Meigs, O’Brien, Osterman, Peck, Rhoades, Rothlisberg, Rubin, Sutton, Winn. Absent or not voting: Read, Schwartz, Thimesch. We need to be contacting legislators today. “Some conservative lawmakers, such as Rep. Pete DeGraaf, R-Mulvane, said the House bill spends too much money and does not accomplish needed policy reforms. ‘I think it’s a clear indicator that conservatives in the House do not like this...
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Vote Counts: House education finance bill yeas

The vote count on the final House education finance bill was: Yeas 91; Nays 31; Absent or not voting: 3. Voting in favor of the bill: Alcala, Alford, Anthimides, Ballard, Barker, Becker, Boldra, Bollier, Bridges, Bruchman, Brunk, Burroughs, Couture-Lovelady, Campbell, Carlin, Carlson, Carmichael, Carpenter, Cassidy, Christmann, Claeys, Clayton, Concannon, Corbet, Crum, E. Davis, P. Davis, Dierks, Doll, Estes, Ewy, Finch, Finney, Frownfelter, Gandhi, Goico, Gonzalez, Hibbard, Hill, Hineman, Hoffman, Houser, Houston, Huebert, Hutton, Jennings, Johnson, Kelly, Kleeb, Kuether, Lane, Lunn, Lusk, Lusker, Macheers, Mason, Mast, Meier, Menghini, Merrick, Moxley, Pauls, Perry, Petty, Phillips, Powell, Proehl, Rooker, Ruiz, Ryckman Jr.,...
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House passes bipartisan education finance bill

After a quick debate, the House voted to approve a school finance bill with bipartisan support 84-36. This bill is much better than the Senate bill passed last night. This is good news! After a final vote, the two bills will go to a conference committee. Stay tuned. http://cjonline.com/news/2014-04-04/house-tentatively-oks-bipartisan-school-finance-bill...
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