Post by Logan on Jan 30, 2016 4:25:14 GMT -6
In a 9-5 vote, lawmakers Friday passed a bill to repeal the retroactive pay raises that Guam’s appointed and elected leaders received in November 2014.
If enacted, Bill 204-33 would reduce the salaries of the attorney general, governor, lieutenant governor, senators and Cabinet appointees, as well as mayors and vice mayors.
Speaker Judith Won Pat called for session Friday morning after the legislative Committee on Rules approved a resolution to reconsider another vote on Bill 204, which failed last November in an 8-7 decision.
Sens. Rory Respicio, D-Agana Heights, and James Espaldon, R-Tamuning, voted against the measure in November 2015, but changed their votes to “yeas” on Friday. Sen. Tina Muña Barnes, who voted against the measure last year, was absent.
Read more: www.guampdn.com/story/news/2016/01/28/senators-pass-bill-repeal-pay-raises/79491592/
If enacted, Bill 204-33 would reduce the salaries of the attorney general, governor, lieutenant governor, senators and Cabinet appointees, as well as mayors and vice mayors.
Speaker Judith Won Pat called for session Friday morning after the legislative Committee on Rules approved a resolution to reconsider another vote on Bill 204, which failed last November in an 8-7 decision.
Sens. Rory Respicio, D-Agana Heights, and James Espaldon, R-Tamuning, voted against the measure in November 2015, but changed their votes to “yeas” on Friday. Sen. Tina Muña Barnes, who voted against the measure last year, was absent.
Read more: www.guampdn.com/story/news/2016/01/28/senators-pass-bill-repeal-pay-raises/79491592/