Post by Logan on Apr 19, 2016 3:45:48 GMT -6
It was an alley-oop pass gone awry.
On Wednesday night, as Kobe Bryant played his final game of professional basketball, the Alaska House prepared to toss the Senate a multimillion-dollar bill reforming the state’s subsidy for oil and gas drilling. While Bryant finished with 60 points, the House’s pass didn’t go as well.
After lawmakers spent five days waiting for a vote on House Bill 247, Speaker of the House Mike Chenault sent it back to the House Rules Committee, saying there wasn’t enough support for the measure.
“I didn’t see there was support from either side,” he said, adding that the governor’s office - which originally proposed the bill - asked him to postpone a vote.
“We asked them if they had the support, and they said they didn’t,” he added.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-04-14/oil-and-gas-subsidies-house-commits-turnover
On Wednesday night, as Kobe Bryant played his final game of professional basketball, the Alaska House prepared to toss the Senate a multimillion-dollar bill reforming the state’s subsidy for oil and gas drilling. While Bryant finished with 60 points, the House’s pass didn’t go as well.
After lawmakers spent five days waiting for a vote on House Bill 247, Speaker of the House Mike Chenault sent it back to the House Rules Committee, saying there wasn’t enough support for the measure.
“I didn’t see there was support from either side,” he said, adding that the governor’s office - which originally proposed the bill - asked him to postpone a vote.
“We asked them if they had the support, and they said they didn’t,” he added.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-04-14/oil-and-gas-subsidies-house-commits-turnover