Here's the observation:
The inactivity of the session seems a bit like a 30 day session where the only job is to pass a budget and go home. A 60 day session allows all legislators to introduce anything they want to; all bills are germane. In a 30 day session, the Governor must agree to any bill introduction which is not budget- related. So, most believe this session will continue to mosey along and eventually get a budget passed and a few other things passed and killed and call it a day.
Of course if this was really a 30-day session, it would all be over in a couple of weeks. Something tells me they'll drag it out until the middle of March like the constitution says. And of course, even though little business is getting done now, I suspect the last week of the session will be as crazy as ever with many days lasting well into the wee hours.
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as someone who has been to the round house a few times trying to get a single bill passed, yes, it feels like a 30-day session in disguise. i do not even slightly like the thought of having to come back in 2013 to try again, but i will.
ReplyDeleteSB70, in case you are curious. it was tabled by SPAC a week ago. neither emails nor phone calls nor personal appeals will get it up off the table this session. yes, i'm more than a little upset by it. getting things put right should not be this difficult or this disheartening.