This is
where Liberals priorities lie.
Democratic state lawmakers, led by
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, have blocked welfare-reform legislation that
would end “sinful spending” by preventing people receiving government benefits
from withdrawing taxpayer-funded cash at jiggle and gin joints, The Post has
learned.
The state Senate passed the reform
measure last year — and if the Assembly doesn’t act by 2014, New York could
lose $120 million in federal funding because of new regulations, officials
warned.
“Sheldon Silver decides which bills
come up for a vote, so it’s up to the speaker whether he considers this a
priority,” explained upstate Republican Assemblywoman Jane Corwin.
“The speaker knows [it’s a
Republican bill], and he might choose not to bring it up for a vote. And that’s
deplorable,” she continued.
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