Assembly Democrats Vote for Schools, Republicans Vote for Big Oil

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The same week thousands of layoff notices were delivered to teachers and school staffs throughout California Assembly Democrats voted for new legislation that would have reduced the number of layoffs by closing the "gusher giveaway" tax break for oil companies. But Assembly Bill 9xxx failed to get the two-thirds vote needed for passage because Assembly Republicans voted against education and for Big Oil. Just last month the Assembly Republicans also killed an effort to close a tax loophole for wealthy yacht owners. Democrats insist the state’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit be eliminated with a mix of cuts and new revenues, not through the "across the board, spending cuts only" approach proposed by the Governor. There’s more in this Assembly Web Report...