Budget Vote

The budget passed early Saturday morning on a vote of 50-48. Rep. Garthwaite was the deciding vote that allowed the budget to pass as written. Had he held out, the Madison leadership would have been forced to improve the budget to pass it. He was also the deciding vote on many 50-48 votes to refuse consideration of good amendments and the deciding vote on many amendments that failed on votes of 49-49. In the coming days I will write in detail about Rep. Garthwaite's more important amendment votes and about the budget in general.