The Legislature’s top leaders are pressing to adjourn March 29 — the Friday before Easter — and taking steps to cut off introduction of new legislation.
Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, told his committee chairs Thursday to turn off the taps.
“This coming week, we’ll start shutting down introduction of new (bills),” Hill said Friday. “Now, ‘shut down,’ is a harsh term — there will be exceptions — but they should start discouraging people.”
House Speaker Scott Bedke will deliver the same message Monday in his chat with committee chairs, a meeting that will include majority and minority leadership.
“I want to be finished by the end of the month, unless there’s a really good reason not to,” Bedke , R-Oakley, said Friday after the House recessed for the weekend.
For more on this hoppy, er, happy prospect, read my column in Saturday’s Idaho Statesman.
Now that JFAC has closed pending call of the chair, there is absolutely no reason why the rest of the legislature shouldn’t do the same and get out of dodge. All that will be accomplished now should be already introduced legislation with no further legislation introduced. They’ve been up to enough monkey business imposing more laws while hollering less government. Goodbye, legislators; time for you to head home.
They’ve done relative little damage this year and even presented a fair amount of comic relief. Primarily Nuxoll, bless her little heart. Still, I will be happy to have parking space back.
What did they do? What have they shown for there time. I have not seen anything of substance. Pathetic.
Can you raise them from the dead like the other guy?