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Published on: 3/4/2008
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Judiciary Committee Chairman Brad Ashford said Heineman thwarted efforts to find common ground with a Friday press conference in which he angrily demanded the committee reconsider, repeated his call for repeal of the tuition benefit and urged Nebraskans to contact committee members.
"I don't think right now there is the necessary trust between the legislative branch, in the Judiciary Committee, and the executive branch of government to address this issue today," Ashford said Monday.
He said lawmakers can negotiate only if they're confident that both sides are looking for a real solution -- not just to score political points on a divisive issue.
"We need to move beyond the politics of confrontation and conflict," he said.
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Each also received four to 12 phone calls, although Ashford reported "several dozen" calls.
Sen. Dwite Pedersen of Omaha said his phone answering machine had 11 voice mails from Saturday through Monday afternoon: two in support of Heineman, three in support of the committee's decision and six on the gun control bill.
Heineman did not answer when asked if he would push for the full Legislature to force the bill out of the committee.He said that was a decision for the bill's sponsor, Sen.
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But Ashford said the bill cannot survive if Heineman insists upon the repeal of the tuition law.
Monday, Heineman repeated his often-cited goal of uniformity and consistency.Without the bill, he says, there can be no assurance that local agencies and state agencies not under the governor's control are following similar procedures to verify immigrant status.He said he's not drawing "a hard line" by insisting that the tuition benefit be repealed.
"We're saying it should be consistent across the board, " he said.
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