At the capitol

(PNI) TODAY'S AGENDA

Topic: Dueling Medicaid rallies.

What it's about: Gov. Jan Brewer headlines rally with supporters of Medicaid expansion. Rep. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, conservative blogger Bill Whittle and Republican Party officials rally against expansion.

Details: Brewer pro-expansion rally, 11a.m., House lawn; Petersen anti-expansion rally, noon, Senate lawn.

BILL TRACKER

Today's spotlight:

Summary: House Bill 2144, CPS omnibus.

Sponsor: Rep. Kate Brophy McGee, R-Phoenix.

Status: Scheduled for debate in the full Senate.

-- Mary K. Reinhart

TODAY'S TALKER

There IS a doctor in the House …Rep. Eric Meyer, D-Paradise Valley, was on the case on Tuesday when a legislative assistant had a seizure. Meyer, a physician and former emergency-room doctor, has an office just around the corner from the incident, and was in the House when the call went out for help.

He got oxygen to the patient and helped stabilize the assistant before an ambulance arrived.

For his efforts, he got a shout-out from Rep. Doris Goodale, R-Kingman, when the House met on the floor.

-- Mary Jo Pitzl

QUOTES OF THE DAY

"We're simplifying, very complexly."

-- House Speaker Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, on efforts to streamline the state's sales-tax code.

"This is the beginning of the end." -- Gov. Jan Brewer on Senate President Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, breaking the budget and Medicaid-expansion stalemate with his 2014 spending plan.

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