He said his committee was the only one in the Democratic-controlled House on which Republicans had equal representation.
The bill now goes from the Democratic-controlled House to the Senate, which has a Republican majority.
And he knew what trouble welfare was in, but he couldn't get the Democratic-controlled House to deal with any of this.
Support for term limits has been tepid at best in the Democratic-controlled House, even with 114 new members, the largest turnover since 1948.
The Democratic-controlled House opposed the cuts all along but gave in at the last minute.
The plan, which entails $340 million a year in tax cuts, still requires action by the Democratic-controlled House and Senate.
Then they watched him squeeze his budget package through a Democratic-controlled House.
The vote on the measure followed party lines in the Senate, as it did in the Democratic-controlled House.
The result was the same even in the Democratic-controlled House.
The Democratic-controlled House approved the measure last week by 87 to 60, largely along party lines.