Lawmakers in Lansing are reportedly nearing the end of this year’s legislative session. House and Senate lawmakers expect to wrap up their legislative work and adjourn by mid-November. The State House and Senate has considered a great number of proposals this year, but not all lawmakers are happy with what’s been sent to the governor.
Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, sent a news release Tuesday to, “lament the extreme partisan bills pushed through the Legislature by the new Democrat majority during the past 10 months.”
Nesbitt’s statement said, “Last November, the message from Michigan voters was clear: Work together to move Michigan forward. Unfortunately, the very slim Democrat majorities have taken a tremendous opportunity to truly govern in the sensible middle and squandered it away. I fear the aftermath of their extreme partisan agenda will haunt the people of Michigan for years to come.”
Nesbitt criticized the repeal of Michigan’s Right to Work law, treatment of the budget surplus, and proposals he says amount to $1.5 billion in new taxes.
“It’s ghastly to remember the way they fought against an automatic income tax rollback to help all Michiganders in their efforts to put more taxpayer money in the hands of multinational corporations closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party. They even mutilated the state’s historic $9 billion surplus in one bloated budget cycle and went on to propose $1.5 billion in new taxes on small businesses, nonprofits, and Michigan workers, collected and managed by a UIA-style bureaucracy ripe for fraud and abuse.”
Nesbitt points people to their newly-released “Night of the Living Dems” website where people can see a Halloween-themed collection of news articles on issues and legislation where Senate Republicans take issue with the Governor.
“As Lansing Democrats look to adjourn the Legislature historically early and scurry out of town, it is truly frightening to think of what has transpired inside the Capitol the past 10 months. Nothing is more chilling than the devastating effects the majority’s radical, partisan decisions will have on Michigan families, farmers, seniors, and small businesses in the coming months and years. I fear the ghost of the Granholm administration has returned to Michigan with another lost decade. What could be more haunting?”
