David Williams and 'totally unnecessary' cuts

From today's Herald-Leader:

Whatever the reason, [David] Williams and his fellow Senate Republicans demanded totally unnecessary across-the-board spending cuts in exchange for transferring funds between budget years, rebuffed all of House Democrats' compromise proposals and shut down the regular session early with no Medicaid fix enacted — raising the danger of a 35 percent reduction in reimbursements to Medicaid providers starting April 1.

Now, in a special session that is lasting far longer than necessary, Democrats and Republicans in the House cobbled together a compromise measure including some targeted spending cuts that will kick in only if the Beshear administration fails to deliver on the projected Medicaid savings it has promised.

...The House has sweetened the deal; the Senate should approve it.