Westmoreland: Reublican
ideas advanced by Democrats in 2001
THOMPSON
Looking back
on the recently completed General Assembly session, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland
believes the Republican Party made great strides.
The Sharpsburg
legislator said many of the initiatives passed this session were actually
Republican initiatives that failed last year.
"The college
savings plan and putting paraprofessionals back in the elementary schools
were all Republican-backed ideas from a year ago," he said.
Overall, he
rates the session successful, but says the real arguments will start in
August.
A special session
is set to start Aug. 6 for the purpose of redistricting, and Westmoreland
believes the fur will start flying.
"Anytime
you're talking about redoing more than 250 district lines, you're going
to have debate. The Democrats are fighting for their life and the Republicans
are fighting for freedom," he said.
Westmoreland
believes his first year as leader of the Republican Caucus was successful,
and he looks forward to the next session to try and get more Republican-backed
initiatives passed.
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