[LWVNM Action] LWVNM Action meeting moved to Saturday at 1 pm - latest tracking sheet

[George Richmond]

I am totally with you on this point Akkana.

Perhaps LWV NM can recruit Common Cause NM to work to get a better and 
more professional legislature.

Of course, NM could continue to be 50th, as it is the only state without 
a paid legislature and the length of the sessions is hopelessly out of date.

George Richmond

On 3/19/2021 1:27 PM, Akkana Peck via Action wrote:
> George Richmond via Action writes:
>> I recall that several sessions ago, the Legislature got so involved that
>> they agreed to "stop the clock" to allow more time to pass bills.
>>
>> Right now I feel this could happen again.
> The House has been averaging about 6 bills per day, 1 bill per hour,
> for the past week. They still have 68 bills on the third reading
> calendar; most of those bills have been there at least a week.
> They're two hours into today's session and they're still on the
> first concurrence bill. It's not looking good.
>
> They really need to go to a year-round schedule (and pay
> legislators) -- or else change the rules to be a lot more efficient,
> like putting limits on speaking time. 60 days isn't anywhere near
> long enough the way they run the session now.
>
>          ...Akkana
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