Friday, June 12th, 2009...10:31 am
Be Very Afraid…
At this hour, Senate Republicans are pushing to suspend the rules so it would make it easier for them to introduce “Strike All” amendments to bills with little notification. Strike alls are amendments that replace the language of the bill with an entirely new bill. Usually, members are given enough warning so that they can look over the what is often extensive new language before they vote in committee. But, this would mean that a striker could be introduced moments before a meeting, giving members no time to review it. It goes without saying that this means that it would be even harder, if not impossible, for the public to weigh in.
So, exactly what shenanigans are they looking to pull here?
UPDATE: My understanding is that the motion to suspend the rules has been withdrawn. Still makes me wonder what exactly they were up to.
8 Comments
June 12th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Just more of their hamfisted “governance”. They are power mad.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Trying to make up for the time they’ve wasted not agreeing on state budget, more than 150 days at a cost of $62,163.29 per day to the taxpayer.
It’s inaction we can’t believe in nor afford.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Digusting. Not only would the public not get a chance to weigh in on the bills, but the Dems’ efforts to vote against them would be futile since they’re in the minority.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Any word on who made the motion?
June 12th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
First, the motion was made by Chuck Gray. Second, it’s intended to allow them to move a “real” budget – should they actually come up with one – on an emergency basis. The clock’s a -running.
Tedski also will mention, I’m sure, that Jonathan Paton’s “we-know-better-than-Tucson-Voters” bill, which would ban the city’s election system, also won tentative approval during Committee of the Whole.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Paton et al strike again agaist local control:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/12/20090612ethnicbanON0612.html
so what if it actually IMPROVES test score, student self-esteem, and participation in post-secondary education! We don’t want THOSE PEOPLE in college, anyway! /sarcasm
June 12th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Yeah, more “reverse racism” used as a proxy for racism.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:06 am
These midnight raids should be disallowed. They are nothing but mischief for an electorate who is literally sleeping.