Budget Hangs Fire, But the House Spends Six Hours Debating Election Day Voter Registration

Tuesday May 26, 2009

And it’s 8 p.m., shortly after the House culminated a six-hour debate on Election Day voter registration with a soft 81-65 vote that should scream “veto ready,” if the Senate passes it and the bill chugs along to Gov. Jodi Rell.
The Blogster wants to scroll back to May 13, when the House staged its debate on the death penalty. How long was that one? Slightly more than five hours.
Does anybody in the General Assembly recall that there’s a June 3 deadline to pass a new two-year budget? Oh yeah, that June 3 deadline is as soft as the support for the Election Day voter registration. Besides, there will be plenty of time to do the budget in August.