arkansas. he pushed for a two year pilot expansion which could be cancelled if it didn t work. he says he believes in expansion strongly and if it doesn t help virginia he will take the heat. let every camera have it clear the governor will take full responsibility so everybody else is off the hook. virginia republicans have said no over and over again, a stance to set the stage for a possible government shutdown. the resignation of philip puckett and the resulting gop takeover of the state senate totally changes the calculus making it substantially harder for him to get the expansion passed. the score card is this. one state senator gone shifting control the virginia state senate from democrat to republican. one job offer allegedly put forth by republicans to make it happen and 400,000 low income virginians without health insurance. joining me now michael laris.
health care coverage to 400,000 low income virginiaens. he came into office promising to get it done and he is bent over backwards to get republicans to accept expansion which is paid for, we should note, almost entirely by the federal government. the government backed by private opti options. he pushed for a two year pilot expansion which could be cancelled if it didn t work. he says he believes in expansion strongly and if it doesn t help virginia he will take the heat. let every camera have it clear the governor will take full responsibility so everybody else is off the hook. virginia republicans have said no over and over again, a stance to set the stage for a possible government shutdown. the resignation of philip puckett and the resulting gop takeover of the state senate
health care coverage to 400,000 low income virginians. he came into office promising to get it done and he is bent over backwards to get republicans to accept expansion which is paid for, we should note, almost entirely by the federal government. the government backed by private options. he pushed for a two year pilot expansion which could be cancelled if it didn t work. he says he believes in expansion strongly and if it doesn t help virginia he will take the heat. let every camera have it clear the governor will take full responsibility so everybody else is off the hook. virginia republicans have said no over and over again, a stance to set the stage for a possible government shutdown. the resignation of philip puckett and the resulting gop takeover of the state senate totally changes the calculus