House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, addresses lawmakers in the body's chamber at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on March 3, 2022. Gunn and House Medicaid Committee Chairman Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, chose not to bring up a bill that would have let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, up from two months now allowed, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Wednesday was the deadline for House and Senate committees to consider general bills that had already passed the other chamber. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
