Divided we fall? How the special session ground to a halt

Katie Gagliano and Matt Houston

There are 12 Republicans and only seven Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee.

But the Republicans are too divided to pass any revenue-raising bills without help from the Democrats, and that has given the Legislative Black Caucus significant leverage in the negotiations over how to resolve a projected $1 billion budget shortfall.

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