Republican leaders in the say they鈥檝e been negotiating with (D) over the two bills he vetoed last month.
The governor vetoed bills that would and that . (R, Perryville) says discussions have been productive, but that there鈥檚 been no compromise reached yet.
鈥淚鈥檓 not saying we鈥檙e not gonna get to that point, and I suspect the talks will be ongoing, but last week was the first week we鈥檝e actually had a substantive meeting with the governor and hopefully those (will) continue," Tilley told reporters Monday. "Incremental progress is better than no progress.鈥�
A spokesman for the Governor鈥檚 Office described the meeting as productive. Meanwhile, a House committee has passed a scaled-back bill that would not redefine workplace discrimination as a motivating factor, but instead deals mainly with protecting whistleblowers.
