Springfield Rep. Bob Dixon said he has no position on whether or not lawmakers should hold a special session this fall to restore a refined Medicaid program for the working disabled.
Dixon said he was an early advocate of bringing back the MAWD program, and pointed out that the House passed its MAWD reform bill much sooner than the Senate did, and "it just sat there."
Dixon said he could not support the Senate MAWD version because it included a portion on Medicaid fraud, "that included special interests for trial attorneys."
He accused the Senate of holding the bill hostage for 6 weeks. "It's one of the first bills we sent there," he said. The Senate argues when it sent its own version of the bill to the House on the last day of the session, House leaders refused to accept the bill.
On the question of the session, Dixon said, "I'd want to look at it, I don't think the special session would gain us a lot. It would gain us 5 months."
When I pressed him for his position on a special session, Dixon said, "At this time I don't have a position."
Among politicos, Dixon's seat is considered one of the safest seats in the area. One Republican aide called Dixon, the Springfield legislator, "most on top of his game."
Dixon does not have a primary opponent in District 140, but Democrat Tonya Cunningham will campaign against him in the general this fall.
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The "I don't have a position" position seems to be popular with Repub's this cycle. Champion is taking no position on stem cell (at least as long as she can get away with it) and now Dixon has no position on special session. However I am sure he wants to help all those disabled people just not enough to make the Governor mad.
Whatever happened to political courage or leadership?
Courage? Leadership? We don't get that with Champion or Dixon. They're afraid voters will turn away from their radical positions on most issues.
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