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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:44 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 10 June 2010 01:50
From the AP:
Tennessee lawmakers adjourned the 106th General Assembly early today after failing to pass a bill to opt out of the new federal health care law.
The Senate completed its business at 1:13 a.m., while the House followed four minutes later.
Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville — who is running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination — and other lawmakers eager to hit the campaign trail had hoped to conclude the session by the end of April. But it was not to be.
Both chambers passed the budget — the only piece of legislation they are constitutionally required to adopt — last week, but spent the last few days wrangling about issues like the federal health care overhaul and mountaintop removal coal mining.
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