The House of Representatives Monday narrowly failed to pass an amendment to House Bill 1041, which would cap the growth of state government spending at 3 percent per year in most instances. Overall, 49 legislators voted for the proposal; 42 voted against it; and 9 didn’t vote. The amendment, which was offered by the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, made clear that the cap applied to the state’s net general revenue instead of gross revenue.
Yeas: 49 Alexander D. Altes Baird Ballinger Barnett Bell Biviano Bragg Branscum J. Burris Carnine Catlett Clemmer Collins Cozart Dale Davis Deffenbaugh Dotson D. Douglas C. Douglas J. Edwards Eubanks Farrer FiteGillam Gossage Hammer Harris Hickerson Hobbs House Hutchison Jean Kerr Lea Lowery S. Malone Mayberry D. Meeks S. Meeks Miller Payton Scott Shepherd Slinkard Vines Westerman Womack Nays: 42 C. ArmstrongE. Armstrong Baine Baltz Broadaway Copenhaver J. Dickinson Ferguson Fielding Hawthorne Hillman Hodges Holcomb Hopper Jett Julian Kizzia Lampkin Leding Lenderman Love Magie McGill McLean Murdock Nickels B. OverbeyPerry Ratliff Richey Sabin Talley T. Thompson W. Wagner Walker D. Whitaker B. Wilkins H. Wilkins Williams Word Wren Wright Non Voting: 9 Linck McCrary McElroy Neal Rice F. Smith Steel Wardlaw Carter
Front Section, Pages 3 on 02/19/2013