Winners and Losers of the 2014 Legislative Session
By Heintz, Paul | |
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POLITICS
Every now and then, Seven Days takes stock of who's ahead and who's behind in
WINNERS
GUN RIGHTS - For the second year in a row, gun rights groups put the kibosh on any substantive changes to
THE SOLAR INDUSTRY - Recognizing the complicated politics of renewable energy in
TIE
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY - As evidence of their persecution,
OPIATE FOCUS - Shumlin memorably launched the session with the declaration that
CAMPAIGN FOR
LOSERS
SINGLE-PAYER - Yes, we know. The real debate over how to finance and implement Shumlin's single-payer health care plan won't come 'til next year. But even without any details to dissect, Shumlin's fellow Democrats spent plenty of time this session agonizing over - and arguing about - what those details will look like.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF - Shumlin and House Democrats talked a big game this session about reining in school spending, but they had nothing to show for it by the fall of the gavel, runner-up loser: SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN DICK mccormack (D-
HOUSE REPUBLICANS - There was no shortage of issues an effective minority party could have used to divide and conquer Shumlin and his Democratic allies. But House Republicans once again proved themselves inept and irrelevant this year. Their sole tactical victory came in the session's closing days when they capitalized on a procedural error to scuttle a heftier minimum-wage hike.
THE PRESS - This was one of the least dramatic legislative sessions in recent memory. That was good news for Shumlin and his majority party Democrats, but bad news for those of us writing about the news. ®
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