Not Enough Votes To Expel Gamrat Courser - Is Republican Leadership Renigging On A Gamrat Plea Deal

Could the Courser Gamrat soap opera is coming to an

Cindy Gamrat Testifying

end and not the way Michigan House Republicans wanted?    The Republican leadership wasn’t able to get the two-thirds House majority vote to expel State Reps Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat.

After a 67-14 vote, with 26 Democrats refusing to vote and two Democrats absent, Republicans called for a reconsideration of the vote and the board was still open as of 9 p.m.

Cindy Gamrat said she worked out a deal that if she admitted wrong doing- which she did- that she would face censure not expulsion.    Republican Speaker of the house Kevin Cotter is saying no deal was made.  House Democrats do not believe  Kevin Cotter and Cindy Gamrat’s attorney has given WXYZ 7 in Detroit a copy of the agreement.