At least one more hearing will be held in the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee before a vote is taken on a Medicaid bill. Health and Family Services Secretary Janie Miller is scheduled to testify before the committee on Monday. Kentucky Senate President David Williams is still grumbling about the pace of the special session. Williams says Gov. Beshear never should have called the session without some kind of an agreement.
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Williams Mostly Positive On Budget Plan
Kentucky Senate President David Williams is signaling thumbs up to the budget compromise offered by Gov. Steve Beshear. The governor is proposing a two-year, 17-point-one-billion dollar spending plan that includes no new taxes, limited bonding and prioritized spending cuts. Williams applauds the effort.
Others Prepare To Run In Bunning's Stead
After Bruce Lunsford’s unsuccessful attempt to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell last November, Kentucky Democrats began focusing on how they could win the commonwealth’s other Senate seat, held by the GOP’s Jim Bunning.