LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder is traveling Michigan to pressure Republican senators to get back to the Capitol — stat — and vote to provide health insurance to nearly half the state's uninsured residents.
One hitch: The Senate and House chambers are likely out of commission for at least two months as new carpet is installed and technology is upgraded.
When lawmakers adjourned a week ago, crews immediately removed desks and ripped out Victorian-era replica carpet that was at least 20 years old and held together in places with duct tape. Now, backup plans are in the works in case Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, decides to hold a vote on Medicaid expansion before Aug. 27, the next day that attendance is to be taken and votes recorded.
Options include meeting in the Capitol's Senate Appropriations room — less ideal because it's small for all 38 senators, their staff, press and the public — or the historic Boji Tower across the street, which has a large committee hearing room on the first floor.
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