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REPRESENTATIVE Edwin K. Propst, who chairs the House Gaming Committee, said the first thing Gov. Ralph DLG Torres should do to immediately generate revenue is to collect the $8 million overtime that, according to the lawmaker, was âillegally paidâ to the cabinet members and other government officials about two years ago.
That amount of money, Propst, said will certainly boost funding for the retirees. My question is, is the administration going to collect that? He has been saying revenue-generating bills. Here s one: Collect that $8 million, Propst said, referring to the governor.
He noted that the most recent revenue-generating measure that the governor approved increases fees imposed on businesses.
The Northern Marianas House Representatives is now controlled by the Democratic Party after it won the majority of the lower chamber of the 22nd Legislature on Tuesday.
It s been decades since the Democratic Party controlled the House and it took two days and three elections for Representative Edmund Villagomez to win the Speakership.
Republican Representative Ralph Yumul was the deciding vote in installing Mr Villagomez as the new speaker and tilting the balance of power from the Republicans to the Democrats.
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Before Yumul flipped his vote, the House was in a 10-10 split in the choice of speaker between Villagomez and returning lawmaker Angel Demapan.