[Vision2020] Otter calls special session on child support bill

[Han Tomson]

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On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Sunil <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:

> What are you blathering about now? Of course I know the Legislature killed
> the bill. The special session is to pass it. Can you even read?
>
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> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Otter calls special session on child support bill
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','thansen at moscow.com');>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:51:18 -0700
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
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> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
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>
> Courtesy of *KTVB* on April 10, 2015 at:
>
>
> http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capitol-watch/2015/04/10/child-support-collection-idaho/25609377/
>
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>
> An Idaho House panel voted 9-8 on Friday to kill legislation to bring the
> state into compliance with federal child-support collection rules after
> some lawmakers said they were concerned about Sharia law influencing
> Idaho's enforcement authority.
>
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>
> 'Nuff said.
>
> I really didn't feel it necessary to expend this much time and effort to
> explain simple fact . . . to a lawyer.
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
> On Apr 29, 2015, at 19:37, Sunil <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sunilramalingam at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>  Tom,
>
> I think he was working on a way to pass the bill and counting votes before
> calling the session, just as I said on April 17. So I think they'll pass
> the bill with some minor changes that allow the people who messed up the
> first time to save face. I really don't understand your question; I suppose
> the children and parents (not all are mothers, though most are) to whom
> support is owed will be in a better position.
>
> Sunil
>
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> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Otter calls special session on child support bill
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','thansen at moscow.com');>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:48:54 -0700
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
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> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sunilramalingam at hotmail.com');>
>
> Not yet, Mr. Ramalingam.  Not yet.
>
> Who (or what) do you suppose will come out ahead as a result of the vote
> on SB1067?
>
> The children and mothers who have fallen victim to deadbeat dads . . . or
> Idaho's schizoid paranoia of Sharia Law?
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
> On Apr 29, 2015, at 17:16, Sunil <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sunilramalingam at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
>
> We have seen, I guess.
>
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> From: thansen at moscow.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','thansen at moscow.com');>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:13:59 -0700
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
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> Subject: [Vision2020] Otter calls special session on child support bill
>
> Courtesy of *KTVB* at:
>
>
> http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capitol-watch/2015/04/29/child-support-special-session/26575851/
>
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> Otter calls special session on child support bill
>
> BOISE -- Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter called the first special session in nine
> years Wednesday, bringing lawmakers back to the Statehouse to take up the
> failed Senate Bill 1067.
>
> The bill, which would have put Idaho in compliance with federal child
> support law, was defeated 9-8 on the final day of the legislative session.
> The death of the bill put Idaho at risk of losing $46 million in federal
> funding by June 12.
>
> Otter said he waited to announce the special session because he wanted to
> be confident the bill would have a different outcome when legislators took
> it up a second time.
>
> More: Otter to hold press conference on child support bill
> <http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capitol-watch/2015/04/28/otter-child-support/26513147/>
>
> After 18 days of discussion with lawmakers and officials from Health and
> Welfare and the federal government, Otter said, he was "cautiously
> comfortable" legislators would vote to advance the bill, bringing Idaho
> back into compliance with federal law.
>
> "There is no alternative," he said. "We've discussed executive orders.
> We've discussed every other opportunity, or every other possibility. A
> special session, or a successful special session is the only way that we
> can hold people personally responsible."
>
> More: Boise lawmaker defends vote on child support bill
> <http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capitol-watch/2015/04/13/luker-child-support/25735255/>
>
> Senators and representatives will reconvene May 18 at 8 a.m., and Otter
> said he is hopeful the session will last "hours, not days." The special
> session is expected to cost between $35,000 and $45,000 - not including the
> lawmakers' pay.
>
> The governor said there will be differences between SB 1067 and the new
> bill brought before lawmakers in May, but declined to specify what changes
> would be made. He said he does not want to dwell on the past and declined
> to lay blame on the nine lawmakers who voted to table the bill.
>
> "People that pursue these issues are sincere," he said. "They feel that
> they know what they know, and they're going to act on that knowledge. I
> could never criticize a person for what their belief is."
>
> More: Single parents upset by child support bill vote
> <http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/capitol-watch/2015/04/13/single-mother-child-support-bill/25742985/>
>
> But lawmakers need to remember that they are representing the people of
> their district - many of whom rely on child support payments, he said.
>
> Without access to federal databases and enforcement tools, Idaho would
> only be able to collect child support payments from those who were
> voluntarily paying to support their progeny, Otter said. Those who were
> unwilling to pay or moved away would likely be beyond the state's grasp.
>
> "It's the deadbeat parent that we're after here, and it's our
> responsibility to make them responsible, to hold them responsible," he said.
>
> More: Child support bill threatens Head Start program
> <http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2015/04/15/head-start-idaho-funding/25848023/>
>
> Otter said legislators will not be allowed to discuss or vote on any other
> issue besides the child support bill.It has been nine years since the last
> legislative special session.
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>
> Stay tuned, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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