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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Governor Rick Snyder is demanding that the Senate put off their summer vacation plans and hold a vote on Medicaid Expansion.<br />
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Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville invoked the unwritten rule that if a majority of your caucus is not in favor of a piece of legislation then you won't bring it up for a vote before the whole Senate. It was clear to Senator Richardville that the majority were not in favor of the Expansion of Medicaid that the Governor was calling for.<br />
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Senate Democrats had a guaranteed 12 votes (ALL OF THE DEMOCRATS) for passage, meaning that the House-approved proposal could have passed the Senate with support from as few as 8 of 26 Republican members. <br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">&quot;</span>We're talking about huge money, we</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">'</span></span>re talking about huge implications,</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> &quot;</span> Richardville explained. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">&quot;</span>We have 12 Democrats -- I think 13 Republicans is a reasonable amount to request on something like this.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">&quot;<br />
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Governor Snyder cut short his trade mission to Israel to come back to Lansing to lobby for Medicaid expansion on Thursday and criticized Senate Republicans explaining that he had personally asked Senator Richardville to take a vote and set aside the majority-majority rule.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the Michigan Senate return and hold a vote on the passage of Medicaid Expansion the Governor is demanding?<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should Congress remove non-farm related appropriations from the &quot;Farm Bill</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">&quot;</span> by creating a </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">&quot;</span>Farm Only</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">&quot;</span> bill?<br />
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Farm Bill<br />
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How about getting rid of the all the subsidies. Sugar and corn are destroying the health of the nation. Remember the more you subsidize something the more you get of it.<br />
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