We need 36 votes to pass a bill in the House to restore $30 million of temporary assistance to Idaho’s most vulnerable families and $16 million to enforce child support payments. If we don’t, Idaho’s children will risk losing more than $200 million of support payments they desperately need.
Better Idaho is finding the votes for it to pass in the Idaho House.
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The bill would need 36 votes to pass the House.
Rep. John Rusche said all 14 Democrats will vote for it. That leaves 22 votes.
We have 11 votes from GOP lawmakers
Marc Gibbs
Clark Kauffman
Maxine Bell
Paul Romrell
Luke Malek
Dell Raybould
Merrill Beyeler
Fred Wood
Stephen Hartgen
Julie VanOrden
Linden Bateman
The three lawmakers who voted against killing the bill give us 3 votes more
Christy Perry
Richard Wills
Patrick McDonald
We count 4 votes as “maybes”
Robert Anderst
Kelley Packer
Scott Bedke – he said he would support it in a April 16 press conference
Lance Clow
That means we only need 8 more (maybe 4).
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Here are the lawmakers who voted to kill the bill – we’ll count them as voting “no.”
Heather Scott
Ronald Nate
Janet Trujillo
Don Cheatham
Ryan Kerby
Lynn Luker
Thomas Dayley
Shannon McMillan
Kathleen Sims
Here are the lawmaker(s) who said they won’t vote for it
Terry Gestrin
