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I came in to #tnleg on a Sunday to sit in on the House and Senate's budget deliberation, a meeting they intended to be closed door. Moments after walking in, they take a "recess," the two majority leaders come back in, and it's announced that the meeting is over.
It was bizarre. I'm pretty sure another closed door meeting is going on right now, just in a different conference room. All that to say, TN's $38.5B budget is being negotiated, including the fate of a Medicaid waiver program for severely disabled children, and it's a secret.
Nothing is real! It’s all a charade of government proceedings. Nearly everything is decided behind closed doors before all the public versions of the meetings. #tnleg
I followed them upstairs after recess and asked if I could sit in on the meeting. GOP budget leaders said they were unsure whether a meeting was happening, so it is unclear how the hour is being spent! #tnleghttps://twitter.com/schelzig/status/1122906002125393922?s=21 …
NEW: The Senate now says it will fully fund the Katie Beckett waiver program to provide treatment for sick and disabled children not qualifying for Medicaid. #tnleghttps://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/29/katie-beckett-waiver-funding-tennessee-house-senate-budget-talks/3617751002/ …
So wrong but sadly predictable. Public access is too complicated for politicians.
Was it bipartisan?
You got your wish.
This is happening in many other state caps, from what I understand. Your beat is so important and needed, these days. Thank you.
Thanks, LJ. Thanks for reading.
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