Kansas Lawmakers Consider Overriding Governor Brownback's Veto Pen
Governor Sam Brownback kicked off the Kansas legislative session by drawing lines in the sand on taxes, spending and Medicaid expansion, and he has been defending those positions with his veto pen. The question when lawmakers return to Topeka on Monday is whether those vetoes will hold up.
Brownback stood before Kansas lawmakers packed into the House chamber in January for the State of the State address. He took a preemptive strike against Medicaid expansion, saying the Obama-era health care law was in trouble.
“It would be foolish to endorse Obamacare expansion of Medicaid now, akin to airlifting onto the Titanic,” said Brownback. “Kansas was right. We should stay the course.”
On taxes, Brownback defended his income tax exemption for businesses, saying it had grown jobs. His budget plan would keep it.
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