Lawmaker Pay Raises passes in the House

In a closer than expected vote, at least to me, House Bill 859 passed in the House 61 to 60 to support giving legislators a pay raise. It is now on the to state Senate and I'm interested to see if the same bill will be passed seeing as how the Senate is more of a Republican controlled body and I can only assume the 61 - 60 vote fell along the same lines as the McCoy - Smith Speakers race. For the record this bill in its original form was offered by Rep. Coleman from Mound Bayou.