Matt Dean, Erin Murphy & GAMC Reform
March 10, 2010 by Rick Brock
Filed under Featured, News
by Gary Gross, Let Freedom Ring blog
Matt Dean must’ve done something very right last week. For those not keeping score at home, Matt Dean spearheaded the House GOP team that brokered last Friday’s GAMC reform agreement. That’s my conclusion after reading Lori Sturdevant’s column, a column in which she rightly praises Matt Dean and Erin Murphy:
A commendable thing happened last week after the Minnesota House failed to override Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of the bill preserving General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) for the very poor: The two House members leading their respective parties’ efforts on the matter, DFL Rep. Erin Murphy and GOP Rep. Matt Dean, just kept working.
Constructively, too. On Friday, a deal was struck that has the blessing of the Legislature’s top leaders in both parties. It’s expected to go to the full House and Senate this week.
For that turnaround to be accomplished so soon after a veto and failed override scoured the veneer of bipartisan good feeling off of this session is remarkable.
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