Post by Logan on Mar 12, 2016 0:11:26 GMT -6
Bill Carrico claims McAuliffe veto on coal tax credits was retaliation for Supreme Court vote
Two Southwest Virginia lawmakers claimed Friday that Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill to extend tax credits aimed at propping up the state’s coal industry as retaliation for their refusal to go along with a “quid pro quo” deal involving a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Sen. Bill Carrico, R-Grayson, said he had been told Thursday that McAuliffe would consider supporting the coal tax credits if Carrico broke with Republicans in the election of a Supreme Court justice. Sen. Ben Chafin, R-Russell, said he had received a similar message, which he saw as “a threat.”
Carrico said he saw the proposal, which he said was communicated to him through Senate leaders, as an attempt by the governor to “thwart my legislative powers.”
“I will not bend. I will not bow. I will not break to his political corrupt ways,” Carrico said.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/bill-carrico-claims-mcauliffe-veto-on-coal-tax-credits-was/article_f59c4c69-442f-517f-916f-1b8ce5036cda.html
Two Southwest Virginia lawmakers claimed Friday that Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill to extend tax credits aimed at propping up the state’s coal industry as retaliation for their refusal to go along with a “quid pro quo” deal involving a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Sen. Bill Carrico, R-Grayson, said he had been told Thursday that McAuliffe would consider supporting the coal tax credits if Carrico broke with Republicans in the election of a Supreme Court justice. Sen. Ben Chafin, R-Russell, said he had received a similar message, which he saw as “a threat.”
Carrico said he saw the proposal, which he said was communicated to him through Senate leaders, as an attempt by the governor to “thwart my legislative powers.”
“I will not bend. I will not bow. I will not break to his political corrupt ways,” Carrico said.
Read more: www.roanoke.com/news/politics/general_assembly/bill-carrico-claims-mcauliffe-veto-on-coal-tax-credits-was/article_f59c4c69-442f-517f-916f-1b8ce5036cda.html