Democratic legislators Senator Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D-34) and Representative Adrian Fisher (D-16) worked strategically to secure important provisions for working-class constituents during the recent passage of Governor Jeff Landry’s sweeping tax reform package, despite facing a Republican supermajority in both chambers.
Rep. Moore of District 17 did not attend the session because of a family medical emergency.
“We worked together in a tag team type relationship,” Senator Jackson-Andrews explained, describing their approach to negotiations in a legislature where Republicans hold two-thirds of the votes in both the House and Senate.
Fisher became the target of several social media posts that criticized him for voting for some items that appeared to be against his constituency. However…
