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

[Meredith Machen]

The slowdown is intended by the Rs to keep legislation from being heard before they are forced to vote on bills they could not kill any other way. I wish that the 2 or 3 hour limit on debates were in effect. Shameless story-telling and grandstanding are forms of filibustering. 

Meredith Machen 
mermachen at cybermesa.com 
505 577 6337

> On Mar 19, 2021, at 3:27 PM, Akkana Peck via Action <action at mailman.swcp.com> 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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