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for relying on such controversial funding and for placing the Democrats in a no-win situation.
“You’re damned if you do because the legislators will now be on record for approving new gambling games,” Sen. Houck said. “You’re damned if you don’t approve it because then you have to go back in fill in $67 million of revenue.”
In a matter related to the Trigon settlement House Majority Leader C. Richard Cranwell, considered by many to be the most powerful legislator in the General Assembly, faced heavy criticism from consumer groups for representing the cpfcpany in its bid to convert from a /ion-profit to a for-profit company.
Del. Cranwell bowed to pressure last week and announced he would no longer represent the company in this
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