The state has been operating without a budget since July 1. Mr. Cooper vetoed a budget on June 28. The House and Senate, both controlled by Republicans, are weighing a veto override. The House version of the override includes a Medicaid expansion compromise bill, but the Senate does not have a compromise for Medicaid, according to the report.
In the letter to Mr. Cooper, Senate Republicans said: “We believe that this budget should not be held hostage over your Medicaid-or-nothing ultimatum. We support the conference report provision endorsing a special session dedicated exclusively to health care access issues, including your top priority of Medicaid expansion. We oppose your ultimatum that no 2019-21 budget will become law unless the legislature first passes Medicaid expansion,” according to The News & Observer.
Mr. Cooper’s office denied using an ultimatum in a statement provided to The News & Observer. “The ball is in the Republicans’ court,” his office said.
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