Legislative Commentary

Last week saw the Senate complete its first round of all-day voting for this session. During a seven-day pause from committee work all 49 senators relocated to their desks on the “floor” of the Senate chamber to cast votes on approximately 190 Senate bills that had already come through the committee process. The deadline for voting was 5 p.m. Wednesday, and as usual, reporters and other Capitol-watchers were curious: which bill would our Senate majority choose for the final vote before we return to committee work?

We could have brought up a controversial bill that would cause verbal fireworks...