Three spending bills are among the most popular in the House.
Proposed appropriations bills to teach children about the state's sterilization program, compensate its victims and run a Kids Voting program have more than 30 cosponsors.
That means they have the support of more than a fourth of the 120 members of the House, a good indicator that they'll be seriously considered.
Whether they will be added to the budget or pass the Senate is another matter. So far, only the Kids Voting bill has a companion in the other chamber, although a separate compensation bill has been filed with a much higher price tag.
The House compensation bill with 31 cosponsors would set aside $18.6 million for victims, while a Senate bill with only one sponsor would set aside $173 million. Of the other popular House bills, Kids Voting would get $300,000, and sterilization education programs would get $36,648.
Another 10 spending bills have more than 20 cosponsors, or more than one-sixth of the House. The median House spending bill has 14 cosponsors, or about one-ninth.
In all, state representatives have filed 42 spending bills so far worth a total of $248.3 million.
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Re: Three spending bills have solid support
I do not believe our state representatives have a needed mental skill called COMMON SENSE!. If we are $3 BILLION in the hole, where the blank are we getting $284 million?
And what shocks me more is the gimme gimme gimme voters of NC voted this people back into office. This will only get fixed by voting the Democrats out of Republican favored districts and beat a few Democrats in their favored districts.
LARRY SHAW is the one fool who is asking for $173 million in these bad economic times. Does he have a money printing press in his closet? You need to print these people names time and time again.