 medicaid expansion bill hb 4714 heads to the house floor on wednesday june 12 the michigan house of representatives competitiveness committee voted 95 to send house bill 4714 obamacare medicaid expansion to the chamber floor for a vote four republicans shirkey foster pagel and yonker along with five democrat managed to push the bill out of committee to the house floor for consideration by the whole house representative leonard tom leonard rdewitt township who voted for the removal of stronger language in the bill on tuesday voted no on moving the bill out of committee to the house floor for a vote on the passage of the bill there is a good chance that the bill will pass the in the house and move to the senate for consideration the governor is working hard to push this bill through both chambers before the legislature goes on summer break next week the bottom line is the medicaid expansion will ultimately be bad for michigan we need to make sure that we let our elected officials know where we stand on the issue and ask them to vote against passage of the hb 4714 in the house and in the senate if it get out of the house clinton county residents can call or email their legislators at representative tom leonard phone 517 3731778 toll free 877 8598086 fax 517 3735780 email  tomleonard housemigov i have been told by his staff that representative leonard will be a definite no vote on passage of the bill when it comes up for a vote senator judy emmons phone 517 3733760 fax 517 3738661 email  http wwwsenatemichigangov imaformasp name comment33 formpath e  i was unable to get a commitment from senator emmons office on where she stands on the medicaid expansion senator rick jones will be running to represent clinton county in 2014 phone 517 3733447 fax 517 3735849 email senrjones senatemichigangov i talked to senator jones and as the bill currently stands he is a no vote if you want to stop medicaid expansion in michigan call and let your legislator know where you stand on the issue for an article on the latest actions on the bill click on this link  http wwwmichigancapitolconfidentialcom 18746  all emails addresses  