Often in the Senate these days, there’s a lone “no” vote on a bill that’s otherwise unanimously supported. Almost invariably, it comes from freshman Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Moscow. He even cast the only “no” vote on the higher education budget bill – a surprising vote from a lawmaker from the home of the University of Idaho. Foreman told Lewiston Tribune reporter Bill Spence that he supports education, but felt there was “too much pork” in the higher ed budget; that budget included $582,000 for the UI’s research library expansion plan.

So, it being that time of the session, it’s time for a limerick:

Dan Foreman is known to vote no

Name any idea – he’s a foe

From bikers on runs

To higher ed funds

Could he really be from Moscow?

(In case you missed them, you can see my Legislative Limerick No. 2 here, and No. 1 here.)

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