The Alaska House leadership has delayed a critical vote on a budget that could send $5,500 checks to Alaskans, amid concerns that enough members will back the Senate version of the bill to send it directly to the governor.
Speaker of the House Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, is framed by the doors of the Alaska House of Representatives during a floor session on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau.
The House was set to vote on the budget Wednesday evening after the Senate passed it Tuesday. But in an unusual move, House Speaker Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, adjourned until Thursday morning before the full House was set to convene, with only one other House member present. Dunleavy, a Republican, has not made his position on the Senate budget public, but a full statutory dividend has long been his goal, and he has been meeting privately with lawmakers ahead of the House vote.
Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage, blasted Dunleavy for what he says is an effort by the governor to convince lawmakers to concur with the budget. But it would take several members of the majority -- most of whom are Democrats -- to reach the necessary vote threshold to pass the budget. Fields said the governor has been “strong-arming members, including trying to strong-arm traditional fiscally conservative people.”
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