BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Karen Carter Peterson today released the following statement on a majority of state legislators supporting a special session to overturn Gov. Bobby Jindal’s line-item vetoes of funding for programs that help people with disabilities and their families, domestic violence programs and children’s health clinics:
“The people of Louisiana owe a huge debt to House Democratic Chair John Bel Edwards and Legislative Black Caucus Chair Katrina Jackson for their hard work in persuading 67 of their House colleagues to support a veto session that would have restored the devastating cuts Gov. Jindal made to programs that help some of our most vulnerable citizens. While the Senate numbers ultimately fell short, that does not diminish what we accomplished in the House.
“I thank all of the 80 senators and representatives — Republican and Democrat — who held their ballots. At the end of the day, we came closer to achieving a veto session than any Louisiana Legislature in recent times. This bipartisan consensus, along with the groundswell of citizen action on this critical issue, speaks well for Louisiana’s future as more and more of our citizens reject Jindal’s agenda.”
The following legislators did not return their ballots and supported a veto session:
House (67 out of 105)
Abramson, Neil C.
Anders, John F. “Andy”
Armes, James K.
Arnold, Jeffery “Jeff” J.
Badon, Austin
Barrow, Regina
Berthelot, John A.
Bishop, Wesley T.
Broadwater, Christopher
Brossett, Jared
Burns, Timothy G.
Burrell, Roy
Carmody, Thomas
Carter, Stephen F.
Connick, Patrick
Cox, Kenny R.
Edwards, John Bel
Foil, Franklin J.
Franklin, A B
Gaines, Randal L.
Geymann, Brett F.
Gisclair, Jerry
Greene, Hunter
Guillory, Mickey J.
Harrison, Joe
Havard, Kenneth E.
Henry, Cameron
Hill, Dorothy Sue
Honoré, Dalton
Hunter, Marcus L.
Huval, Mike
Jackson III, Girod
Jackson, Katrina R.
James, Edward C.
Jefferson, Patrick O.
Johnson, Robert A.
Jones, Sam
Lambert, Eddie J.
Landry, Nancy
Landry, Terry
LeBas, H. Bernard
Leger, Walt III
Lopinto, Joseph P.
Miller, Gregory A.
Montoucet, Jack
Moreno, Helena
Morris, James
Norton, Barbara M.
Ortego, Stephen J.
Pearson, J. Kevin
Pierre, Vincent J.
Pope, J. Rogers
Price, Edward J.
Pylant, Steve E.
Reynolds, Eugene
Richard, Jerome
Ritchie, Harold L.
Robideaux, Joel C.
Schroder, John M.
Smith, Patricia Haynes
St. Germain, Karen Gaudet
Talbot, Kirk
Thibaut, Major
Thierry, Ledricka
Williams, Alfred C.
Williams, Patrick
Willmott, Thomas P.
Senate (13 of 39)
Dan Claitor
Page Cortez
A.G. Crowe
Dale M. Erdey
Rick Gallot
Eric LaFleur
Fred H. Mills, Jr.
Jean-Paul J. Morrell
Ben Nevers
Jonathan “J.P.” Perry
Karen Carter Peterson
Gary Smith
Rick Ward, III
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