deal that reportedly inshurz the appointment of his daughter to the bench. senator puckett announced he would not after all be seeking the six figure job on the state s tobacco commission and says he will stay with his private sector job instead. everybody thinks his daughter will get the seat on the judgeship. the reason this political development is such huge deal is not just because of the alleged back room dealing but also because of the material consequences of that decision. the big fight in virginia right now is about the fate of 400,000 people in virginia and whether they are going to get access to health insurance under obamacare because of expanded medicaid. democratic governor terry mcauliffe want to expand medicaid to cover the hundreds of thousands of people in the state. republicans most of whom don t want to do that.
the reason this political development is such huge deal is not just because of the alleged back room dealing but also because of the material consequences of that decision. the big fight in virginia right now is about the fate of 400,000 people in virginia and whether they are going to get access to health insurance under obamacare because of expanded medicaid. democratic governor terry mcauliffe want to expand medicaid to cover the hundreds of thousands of people in the state. republicans most of whom don t want to do that. that is the big fight in virginia. that is why there isn t a budget. by handing republicans control of the state senate now critics of senator puckett argue that basically he took what he needed for himself and his daughter but his decision arguably cost the democrats any chance of securing health insurance for 400,000 people in the state.
a fair criticism in terms of the cost for the state and senator puckett s largely poor district? did that one decision do medicaid expansion for his state while his family got taken care of. peace of mind is important when you re running a successful business.
over adopting a new spending plan. the holdup has been democrats largely support medicaid expansion or the virginia alternative to medicaid expansion through the affordable care act whereas republicans primarily and by and large are against the medicaid expansion. so the holdup has been both sides insisting one saying medicaid expansion should not be in the budget and the other side saying it should be in the budget. with the departure of senator puckett the end result appears to be there is movement forward on the budget and appears that the budget deal potentially going forward would be one without medicaid expansion. the republicans are able to call the senate back into session and move at whatever speed they want to to get the budget done. am i right about that? they are basically in the driver s seat at this point? republicans have gotten together.
democrats largely support medicaid expansion or the virginia alternative to medicaid expansion through the affordable care act. republicans primarily and by and large are against the medicaid expansion. the hold up has been both partisans on both sides insisting, one saying medicaid expansion should not be in the budget and the other side democrats say it should be in the budget. with the departure of senator puckett the end result is there is movement forward with the budget out of the rubble of the fallout has been that there was movement today on the budget and it appears the budget deal po potentially would be one without medicaid expansion in it. the republicans are able, now they are in control, to call the senate in to session and move at any speed they want to in terms of getting that budget done. am i right about that? they are back in the driver s seat at this point? republicans have gotten together. the procedural rules in virginia allow nine senators to call the