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RPB wrote:

hirundo82 wrote:

¿Qué? wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:If it gets to the floor, it will pass the Senate.

I hope you're right but today's circus shakes my confidence.

It takes a 2/3rds majority (21) to suspend the rules to bring a bill up for a vote out of order, but it only takes a simple majority (16) to pass a bill once it gets to the Senate floor.

And there are how many co-authors?

nm ... 14 Senators co-authored the bill

I think we can also count on Whitmire and Huffman, both of whom voted for it in committee, so that makes at least 16.

¿Qué? wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:If it gets to the floor, it will pass the Senate.

I hope you're right but today's circus shakes my confidence.

It takes a 2/3rds majority (21) to suspend the rules to bring a bill up for a vote out of order, but it only takes a simple majority (16) to pass a bill once it gets to the Senate floor.

Tamie wrote:

RPB wrote:Soo tomorrow is the day to call, fax, e-mail Senators, and maybe peep in on House Calendar committee

Why? (calendar committee)

House calendar committee is the last bug obstacle for HB750 (the companion to SB354). If HB750 gets scheduled for a floor vote it will pass, but it only takes a couple of reps to hang up a bill long enough in the calendar committee long enough to kill it.