Watch the rollercoaster, don’t ride it
Thursday, Mar 23, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller * Gonna be a rough day in the House, which is up against Friday’s Third Reading deadline…
“We should bill the House for the repair work,” a Senate wag said after reading that tweet. * A popular wrist band from earlier times…
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- Stuck in Celliniland - Thursday, Mar 23, 23 @ 8:58 am:
Cassidy for Senate
- Norseman - Thursday, Mar 23, 23 @ 9:02 am:
=== Also, I was the “fix it in the Senate” guy at 8:35am… ===
Confession is good for the soul.
- H-W - Thursday, Mar 23, 23 @ 10:59 am:
Is there ever talk about expanding the legislative calendar permanently? If it were longer, they could always adjourn earlier.
I have always found it odd that we treat doing the People’s business as if it is a part-time job. And if we continually run up upon deadlines that truncate the People’s business, perhaps legislators should expect to invest more time in Springfield.
Just a naive thought.
- ChicagoBars - Thursday, Mar 23, 23 @ 11:41 am:
Need artificial deadlines to get the sausage made.
- charles in charge - Thursday, Mar 23, 23 @ 11:57 am:
== Is there ever talk about expanding the legislative calendar permanently?==
The culture of Springfield is such that they would just wait to do everything at the last minute anyway.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 23, 23 @ 12:00 pm:
===The culture of Springfield is such===
It’s human culture, not Springfield. Ever see the long lines at the Post Office on April 15?