Full dividend fails House vote, 21-15

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On Day 147 of the 2019 legislative session, the Capital Budget was finally on the House floor, and lawmakers debated Amendment No. 1: a full statutory $3,000 Permanent Fund dividend.

34 of the 36 members present in the House rose to speak for or against the amendment, and in the end it failed, 21-15.

The Republican minority voted for the entire $3,000 dividend, with Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux and Rep. Tammie Wilson joining them, and the Democrat-led majority voted against it.


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