Governor Gretchen Whitmer met today with legislative leaders to discuss what they might do now that the state budget is done.
This their first get-together since Whitmer’s sweeping vetoes of budgets that were sent to her by lawmakers.
It’s clear it will take more time for tempers to cool following the governor’s vetoes and orders that struck Republican and Democratic priorities. House Speaker Lee Chatfield said he’s still steamed that the vetoes seemed part of an overall strategy to get Republicans on board with a 45-cent-per gallon fuel tax increase.
“It is very clear she is wanting us to buy her signature with autistics kids and veterans, and I think even for politics, that’s an all-time low.”
Both Republican and Democratic leaders say the next step is to find areas where cooperation won’t be quite so difficult before re-visiting road funding and possibly reversing some vetoes.