Tuesday May 6, 2008
It’s 11 a.m. We’re down to the last two days of (in)action in this year’s legislative session.
House Minority Leader Larry Cafero, who had more “vehicles” than a used-car lot upon which to attach a budget amendment, briefly brought out his 110-page package late last night, only to be thwarted parliamentarily.
“I told the speaker we only wanted about an hour,” Cafero said a little while ago. Seems like a small amount of time during a session where hours and hours have been wasted in meaningless floor debate or just standing around waiting. House Democrats seem content to NOT let this happen, because in an election year, they see no point in letting Republicans advertise themselves on CTN.
A similar amendment sits on various Senate bills, including Donovan’s own bill that would open the state health-insurance plan to municipalities, non-profits and small business.