JACKSON – The House’s passage of a bill providing a long list of public officials pay raises - from the governor to legislators to county supervisors – is an example of how the contentious speaker’s race settled earlier this session will not impact every single piece of legislation.
The pay raise legislation passed by a narrow 61-60 margin Thursday.
Eight members who voted for the re-election of Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, opposed the legislation while eight members who opposed McCoy supported the legislation.
There are some lingering effects of the speaker’s race, but in reality coalitions are built or destroyed from issue to issue. Members who are allied on some issues are in conflict on others.
That is the nature of politics.
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