Thursday, June 16, 2011

I have no Idea Why Jindal Is Spending Political Capital on Cig Tax Veto (Updated With Results)

Really I don't? The Gov is about to get overridden. Even his biggest supporters are baffled. Why draw the land in the sand on this?

Ok back to regular programming.

Update- Jindal Survives override. I am surprised. Again I am not sure the logic spending political captial on this but he won this battle

A few details


Cigarette tax veto override fails, 58-44 vote. That's 12 short of what was needed to override

11 people switched to support Jindal, including 8 Republicans, 2 Democrats and 1 independent

Those who switched: Billiot, Carter, Chaney, Fannin, Greene, Hoffmann, Katz, Landry, McVea, Robideaux and Willmott

Jindal also picked up override support from Chandler, Cromer and Ellington, who were absent for original vote

2 comments:

  1. What is the mystery? Anyone with good sense knows why Jindal vetoed the bill, as well as why the votes were changed to prevent an override of the veto. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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  2. What $$$ We are going to lose it. Also does Jindal have a lot of Tobacco money? I have never seen it

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