But the gambling measure also would contain language that would allow Medicaid expansion to begin. One bill would be a standalone state government spending plan for the next two years, while the other would contain the additional gambling. House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters that plans were in place in his chamber to vote on Wednesday and Thursday on two separate bills, and he expected the same this week in the Senate. Roy Cooper, prompting the Democratic governor to decry what he called 'the most brutally dishonest legislative scheme' he had seen while in state politics. (AP) - Republican legislative leaders moved forward Tuesday with maneuvers that could by week's end approve a long-delayed state budget, provide Medicaid to several hundred thousand low-income adults and multiply legal gambling through video gaming machines and new casinos.īut by tying gambling's fate with Medicaid expansion, Republicans could potentially scuttle a landmark health care deal they had reached earlier this year with Gov.

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