Written by Jack Brammer and Daniel Desrochers of the Herald-Leader
Senate Republican leaders used their last day to file bills Wednesday to take aim at Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, by filing three bills limiting the powers of the governor.
In the first session with Republicans controlling the legislative branch and a Democrat in the governor’s office, Senate President Robert Stivers (R-Manchester) and Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer (R-Georgetown) made a play to assert the legislative branch’s power over the executive branch.
The bills would limit the governor’s ability to issue executive orders, limit the salaries of people who leave the legislature to join the executive branch and give the Senate oversight over the governor’s appointments to the Kentucky Horse Park and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
When asked Wednesday if the bills were directed at anyone, Stivers said they weren’t.
In a statement, Beshear’s office said: “Gov. Beshear is attempting to change the tone in Frankfort and bring people together. The people of Kentucky want results, not partisan games.”
(Cross-posted via the Kentucky Press News Service. Read the rest of the article at the Herald-Leader.)
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