GOP, Democrats and the shutdown
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Medicaid can be fully funded in North Carolina until April based on legislation passed by the House of Representatives, its speaker said Wednesday. Two proposals are now in the hands of the Senate and eventually could come before first-term Democratic Gov.
House Democrats' last-ditch effort to pass a government funding proposal fails as Republicans block the move, leaving less than 12 hours before the shutdown deadline.
The Senate formally passed the new map Tuesday, and it started to make its way through the state House of Representatives.
The party line vote came on the 113th day after the June 30 deadline to pass a spending plan. It was also done nearly two weeks after the House passed a $50.25 billion proposal with bipartisan support.
The Senate GOP’s counteroffer passed Tuesday included little compromise and little increase in spending. However, it’s a budget that will fund Pennsylvania’s needs, Senate GOP members argued.
Six vetoed bills are on the calendar of the House of Representatives in North Carolina on Tuesday, and the Select Committee on Redistricting in the afternoon will take up the new congressional maps passed by the Senate on Monday evening.
If approved, the map would eliminate the state’s only competitive U.S. House district — currently held by Democrat Rep. Don Davis — and make it Republican-leaning. North Carolina’s current map has 10 Republican-leaning and 4 Democratic-leaning districts. The new proposal would shift that to 11 Republican-leaning and 3 Democratic-leaning.
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are seeking public input on a proposal to redraw the state's congressional districts.