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Legislation that would have stripped state-funded health benefits from convicted felon ex-lawmakers sailed through the Senate, passing 32-0 but was killed Tuesday by a Naifeh-controlled House committee. Frankly, I'm less concerned about whether corrupt-and-already-convicted Democrat legislators like Ward Crutchfield, Kathryn Bowers and John Ford get their taxpayer-funded health coverage and more interested in finding out for whom Naifeh and too many Democrats in the Democrat-controlled state House think the benefit should be continued in the future. Posted in Tennessee Government News
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Ned McWherter once questioned whether legislators should have any kind of state pension at all. I thought that questioning was overdue, and it's still overdue. Posted by: Wintermute at April 30, 2008 2:51 PMPost a comment
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Should Tennessee taxpayers continue to pick up the tab for health insurance and benefits for lawmakers convicted of felony crimes in connection with their official elected-office duties? Most taxpayers probably would say no, but Democrat House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh on Tuesday 