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SENATE

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SENATE

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42

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14,698

Abortions Funded

writing blank checks

Speaker Tilton

Chair, Committee on Committees

Like all things government, the creativity in naming things is lacking.  The House Speaker and Senate President control the Committee on Committees in their respective chambers.

The Committee on Committees assigns Legislators to the various Committees.  Those assignments include the members, Chair, and Co-Chair positions.  Those assignments are called the Committee on Committees Report (more creativity).

All Committee  assignments are made by the Speaker of the House.

Those assignments are agreed to by the Committee on Committees members.

Then every member of the House (the Senate follows the same process) votes to confirm the committee assignments, call the Committee on Committees Report.

Committee on Committees

Cathy Tilton

Speaker

CHAIR

Craig Johnson

Majority Member

MEMBER

DeLena Johnson

Majority Member

MEMBER

George Rauscher

Majority Member

MEMBER

Calvin Schrage

Minority Leader

MEMBER

The Golden Ticket to control the State’s Checkbook is acquired by controlling the Finance Committees.

Since Republicans represent the majority of Alaskans (55%) to the Democrats (32.5%), Republicans should control – Chair – all the Committees as well as hold the majority of all the Committee assignments or seats.

It’s up to the Speaker of the House and Senate President, respectively, to assign control and membership according to the representation the people voted on.

The Committee on Committees (COC) Report assigns the Finance Committee membership and Co-Chair positions.

HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE

The Legislature’s checkbook

Bryce Edgmon

CO-CHAIR

Independent

(Democrat)

Neal Foster

CO-CHAIR

Democrat

Alyse Galvin

Independent

(Democrat)

Planned Parenthood

Endorsed

Sara Hannan

Democrat

Planned Parenthood 

Endorsed

Andy Josephson

Democrat

Planned Parenthood

Endorsed

Dan Ortiz

Independent

(Democrat)

 

DeLena Johnson

CO-CHAIR

Republican

Julie Coulombe

Republican

Mike Cronk

Republican

Will Stapp

Republican

Frank Tomaszewski

Republican

The Committee on Committees Report must be ratified by a majority of House and Senate members.

Members are incentivized to ratify the CoC Report because the positions of power they want – or are expected to have – are reflected on the Report.

Certain Committee assignments come with office and staff upgrades, not to mention titles, prestige, and power over important legislation.

A NO’ vote on the CoC Report is often a ‘NO’ vote on the power and prestige politicians crave.

In addition to the Operating and Capital budgets, nearly 70% of all legislation must pass through the Finance Committees

When a pro-life bill is assigned to a committee controlled by Democrats or Planned Parenthood abortion activists, the bill dies without ever having a hearing.

FINANCE COMMITTEES

The House Finance Committee writes a version of the Budget.  The Senate Finance Committee often writes their own version.

Once the House version of the budget is written, amended on the House Floor, it is sent to the Senate to be amended, voted on, and returned.

BUDGET RECONCILIATION

Rarely do the two Chambers agree on a budget – so a special House/Senate Conference Committee is formed to reconcile the two versions of the budget.  Only Finance Committee members – usually the Chair/Co-Chair fill these positions.  Out of 60 Legislators, only 6 (10%) are involved in the final reconciliation of the budget. 

This is where powerful special interest groups flex their muscles – and Planned Parenthood is one of the most powerful special interest groups.

 

On 1/17/2023, the Senate Affirmed the Committee Assignments with a 17:2:1 vote, with one member absent.

The House Affirmed the Committee Assignments with a 39:1 vote on 1/19/2023.

How did your House Representative vote?

39:1 VOTE

Cathy

Tilton

YES

Dan

Saddler

YES

Calvin

Schrage

YES

Jamie

Allard

YES

Jennie

Armstrong

YES

Thomas

Baker

YES

Ben

Carpenter

YES

Ashley

Carrick

YES

Julie

Coulombe

YES

Mike

Cronk

YES

Maxine

Dibert

YES

David

Eastman

NO

Bryce

Edgmon

YES

Zack

Fields

YES

Neal

Foster

YES

Alyse

Galvin

YES

Andrew

Gray

YES

Cliff

Groh

YES

Sara

Hannan

YES

Rebecca

Himschoot

YES

DeLena

Johnson

YES

Craig

Johnson

YES

Andy

Josephson

YES

Kevin

McCabe

YES

CJ

McCormick

YES

Tom

McKay

YES

Donna

Mears

YES

Genevieve

Mina

YES

Dan

Ortiz

YES

Mike

Prax

YES

George

Rauscher

YES

Justin

Ruffridge

YES

Laddie

Shaw

YES

Will

Stapp

YES

Andi

Story

YES

Louise

Stutes

YES

Jesse

Sumner

YES

Frank

Tomaszewski

YES

Sara

Vance

YES

Stanley

Wright

YES

39:1 VOTE

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Abortion Funding

Courtesy of 29 hOUSE & sENATE Republicans

The Dirty Little Secret

The Vote is the blank check

When 29 of 33 Republicans elected Democrats to Control the House and Senate Finance Committees, they cast the deciding votes to pay for 1,418 babies to be killed by abortion and countless children to be poisoned by cross-sex hormones and irreversibly damaged by gender destroying surgeries.

Those 29 Republican votes gave Planned Parenthood and the transgender industry control over the State’s Checkbook – the State’s Operating Budget.

Those 29 Republicans wrote Planned Parenthood a blank check for abortion, cross-sex hormone poisoning, and surgical mutilation of children.

Those 29 Republicans are responsible for the budget that paid Planned Parenthood and the transgender industry to kill thousands of babies and irreversibly damage countless young Alaskans.

Why would Republicans – anybody, for that matter – vote for such horrendous evil?  One word:

POWER.

 

29 Republicans traded principles, oaths, and lives for power.

 

29 Republicans

House Republicans

Speaker Cathy Tilton

Majority Leader Dan Saddler

Jamie Allard

Thomas Baker

Ben Carpenter

Julie Coulombe

Mike Cronk

DeLena Johnson

Craig Johnson

Kevin McCabe

Tom McKay

Mike Prax

George Rauscher

Justin Ruffridge

Laddie Shaw

Will Stapp

Louise Stutes

Jesse Sumner

Frank Tomaszewski

Sarah Vance

Stanley Wright

Senate Republicans

Senate President Gary Stevens

Majority Leader Cathy Giessel

Click Bishop

Jesse Bjorkman

James Kaufman

Kelly Merrick

Bert Stedman

David Wilson

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