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Votes
14,698
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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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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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