Democrat controlled Legislature’s action on Malloy’s education veto nothing but a scam.
A lesson on power politics and how many legislators will jettison their constituents in order to hang with the power elite.
What did your elected representative stand on the veto issue?
A handful of Democrats and a bunch of Republicans proved that they are able and willing to stand up for the students, parents, teachers and public schools of their district. The others… nope!
At yesterday’s constitutionally mandated 2015 veto session of the Connecticut General Assembly, 50 of the 87 Democratic members of the Connecticut House of Representatives (57 percent) didn’t even bother to show up show up and vote.
With only 37 of the 87 Democrats in the chamber, the Democratic leaders were able to ensure that there were not enough votes to override Governor Dannel Malloy’s veto of the bill requiring Connecticut’s Commissioner of Education have appropriate education experience.
As the CT Newsjunkie reported in the article entitled, General Assembly Opts Not to Override Malloy’s Vetoes,
The House needed 101 votes to override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s veto of a bill that outlined qualifications for a state Education Commissioner, but only 62 lawmakers voted in favor of an override Monday.At least 21 representatives voted not to override the bill and a whopping 68 representatives did not attend Monday’s constitutional veto session. And even though House Speaker Brendan Sharkey allowed a vote on one of Malloy’s vetoes, the outcome was a foregone conclusion.Sharkey said there were members of the Democratic caucus who felt strongly about the Education Commissioner bill to turn out Monday and vote to override it. There were 18 Democratic lawmakers who voted in favor of overriding Malloy’s veto.One of those was Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven. She said she thought the legislation, which specified that education commissioners must have at least five years’ experience as a teacher and three years as an administrator, was “good public policy.”The bill originally passed the House 138-5 and got unanimous support in the Senate before being squelched by Malloy.
No Democratic legislator voted against the bill during the regular session, but apparently Democrat controlled Legislature’s action on Malloy’s education veto nothing but a scam. - Wait What?:
