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Legislative limerick No. 3: An ode to Bell and Keough

Sen. Shawn Keough, left, and Rep. Maxine Bell, right, the co-chairs of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, during the committee's meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (The Spokesman-Review / Betsy Z. Russell)
By Betsy Z. Russell betsyr@spokesman.com(208) 336-2854
Sen. Shawn Keough, left, and Rep. Maxine Bell, right, the co-chairs of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, during the committee's meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (The Spokesman-Review / Betsy Z. Russell)
Sen. Shawn Keough, left, and Rep. Maxine Bell, right, the co-chairs of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, during the committee's meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (The Spokesman-Review / Betsy Z. Russell)

Context: After the budget for the state Superintendent of Schools was unceremoniously killed on the House floor, JFAC reconvened today, under its able co-chairs, who crafted the successful new budget motion. So:

The kids should all learn how to read

And budgeting too must proceed

Some may object

And carefully dissect

But at some point, someone’s got to lead.

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