Kansas Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook of Shawnee Is Removed From Chairmanship
Wingnut is as wingnut does.
Kansas has a huge budget problem right now, but wingnuts will always grandstand ahead of performing actual legislative duties.
Pilcher-Cook’s amendment would have forced a Senate vote on Medicaid expansion, which she opposes.
Wagle’s decision to oust Pilcher-Cook sparked a war of words between two conservative Republican senators.
Wagle said in a statement Saturday that the amendment put senators in the position of either upholding the rules of the Senate or being seen as supporting Obamacare. That was unacceptable, she said.
All senators are expected to follow the chamber’s rules, and committee chairs are expected to lead by example, she said. Pilcher-Cook was removed as chairman of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee.
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