The next time someone asks me what have you accomplished this year in the house, I can proudly say, Slowing down and disrupting the Democratic Agenda: * Increased Taxation * Adding New Fees * Letting those in power railroad the state with their agenda. * Fighting nonsense like the Environment and Agriculture Committee added an amendment that would allow businesses in the recycling program to add an additional fee, up to $1.60, on the price of those paint cans. * and generally trying to increase the size and role of Government. To frost the cake the speaker is letting our antics get under her skin. There is even a report that Democrats Livid and berserk were the words used to describe Speaker Norellis demeanor in front of her caucus Thursday morning because some members of her caucus voted with us on Wednesday. ---- According to the Concord Monitor What’s causing this race against the clock? In part, it’s due to an excessive use of roll call votes, numerous procedural delays, and long-winded debates on bills that are doomed to fail. In other words, all the things that aren’t interesting enough to make headlines in the newspaper. My committee chairman - Rep. Gary Richardson, a Hopkinton Democrat. “People are playing a lot of games, and it is more than we’ve seen in the past,” He also pointed out “There’s just been several things that have just gone on endlessly. Some of it is legitimate, where people have genuine questions and that’s perfectly acceptable and understandable, but when you get into the procedural maneuvering, challenging rulings of the chair, just all of the minutia of parliamentary games . . .” Some examples: On Thursday, debate on a paint recycling program lasted for two hours, with lawmakers calling for roll call votes four different times on the same bill. The week before, lawmakers spent an hour and a half debating a law about when to turn on car headlights. Multiple times this session, members have initiated lengthy debates opposing unanimous committee recommendations – in other words, efforts they know don’t have a chance of succeeding. On the one hand, this is the beauty of New Hampshire’s democracy. Every bill gets a public hearing. Every bill gets a debate on the floor if a lawmaker wants it. Every lawmaker can, for the most part, speak for as long as he or she wants. “That’s just the nature of the beast,” said Minority Leader Gene Chandler, a Bartlett Republican. But at what point do these delays become too much? Let’s go back to Thursday’s debate on the paint recycling bill. The bill established a paint stewardship program meant to give people a safe and easy way to get rid of unused paint cans. After holding a public hearing on the bill, the Environment and Agriculture Committee added an amendment that would allow businesses in the recycling program to add an additional fee, up to $1.60, on the price of those paint cans. Republicans said the committee broke House rules by adding a new fee on the bill without holding another public hearing. Cue the two-hour debate – and much more. concordmonitor/news/politics/11250280-95/capital-beat-can-the-new-hampshire-house-move-any-slower
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:16:59 +0000
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