 no action on medicaid expansion bill pushed to wednesday 61913 in the senate as of tuesday afternoon the senate had not taken any action on the medicaid expansion bill but the bills supporters were continuing to try to convince uncommitted senators to vote it at the end of tuesday s session passage of the medicaid expansion remained uncertain with just two days remaining before the legislature breaks for the summer after thursday rsquo s session a spokeswoman for senate majority leader randy richardville stated that the bill might not be brought up for a vote if the expansion is not supported by at least 13 of the 26member senate republican caucus however that doesn rsquo t mean they won rsquo t if they can get enough republicans to vote with the progressive democrats for passage they are currently working on a substitute bill that will make it more palatable to the uncommitted senators the governor s budget director and house speaker bolger spoke to the senate gop caucus tuesday afternoon attempting to gain support for the bill obviously they were unable to get the votes they needed but they aren t about to give up you know the governor rsquo s mantra relentless positive action and he wants this bill to pass if all 12 senate democrats vote yes all that is needed is eight republican senators to join with them to push the bill through if just seven republicans vote yes and 19 vote no the bill would be deadlocked with lt governor calley currently in the up it isn t out of the realm of possibility that when he gets back he could be the deciding vote governor snyder has said he wants medicaid expansion to pass before the legislature adjourns for the summer on june 20 so the big push will continue until they adjourn for the summer as responsible citizens who are informed on the facts about this legislation we need to hold our legislators accountable for their votes call and let your senator no where you stand clinton county residents can call or email their senator at senator judy emmons phone 517 3733760 fax 517 3738661 email  http wwwsenatemichigangov imaformasp name comment33 formpath e   i did not have the opportunity to talked to senator emmons on tuesday but hopefully she is still a no vote from when i talked to her last thursday 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 on tuesday night after tuesday s session and he said that he is a hard no vote take the time to call your state senator we don t have the money and influence that lobbyists do but together we can let our elected officials who represent us know what matters to us only by becoming active can you have a voice in what your elected leaders do make sure they know where you stand on the issues steve willis chairman clinton county republican party  all emails addresses  