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How they voted…

Here's how the House voted on HB 109, the measure that makes a technical change to prevent Idaho from becoming ineligible for $65 million in extended federal unemployment benefits this summer; had the bill failed, 17,000 unemployed Idahoans would have lost their benefits. The bill passed on a 41-28 vote, after much debate, and now heads to the Senate:

Voting in favor: Reps. Anderson, Bayer, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Bolz, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Chew, Collins, Cronin, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Gibbs(Wheeler), Guthrie, Hartgen, Higgins, Jaquet, King, Lacey, Lake, Loertscher, Luker, Moyle, Nesset, Patrick, Pence, Perry, Raybould, Ringo, Rusche, Shirley, Smith(30), Smith(24), Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Denney.

Voting against: Reps. Andrus, Barbieri, Barrett, Bateman, Bayer, Boyle, Chadderdon, Crane, DeMordaunt, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henderson, Marriott, McGeachin, McMillan, Nielsen, Nonini, Palmer, Roberts, Schaefer, Shepherd, Simpson, Sims, Takasugi(Batt), Thayn, Thompson, VanderWoude.
 



Betsy Z. Russell

Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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