The on-again, off-again intertwination of Gov. Sonny Perdue's effort to rein in the Georgia DOT and House/Senate efforts to find more transportation funding is on again.
The Senate sent a messenger to the House yesterday to say that they won't appoint a conference committee to work out differences in the funding bill until the House moves on governance.
I got that from two House sources today, though I could have just read Dick Pettys' article yesterday. The House's version of the governance bill is scheduled for a floor debate tomorrow, as Pettys will tell you.
It sounds like some of the changes that have been made will give the governance bill a chance in the House. State Rep. Calvin Smyre, the House minority caucus chairman and an appointed member of the House's conference committee, said he senses movement on the issue after weeks of unwillingness among House members.
"It's something that may be palatable to us," he said.
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