Is Major Moves Facing a Major Roadblock?
Governor Mitch Daniels might get “Major Moves” but not without some major headaches first. The massive transportation bill passed out of the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday, but faces an uncertain future in the full chamber. Currently there are not enough Republican votes to pass Major Moves in the House; so to get it out of the chamber the Governor will need Democratic support. You can see Democratic Leader Pat Bauer salivating. To date, no one in the Democratic caucus is willing to break ranks, despite the potential of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in their local districts. I don’t see Bauer derailing Major Moves because there would be too much hell to pay, but I do see him sticking his thumb in the Governor’s political eye and embarrassing him by letting his members vote their conscious and saving Major Moves since their currently aren’t the GOP votes there. Stay tuned…
