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Re: SB 354 Campus Carry Placed on Intent Calender for Tomorr

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:16 pm
by RPB
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 ... Author, and 14 Senators co-authored the bill

Re: SB 354 Campus Carry Placed on Intent Calender for Tomorr

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:25 pm
by hirundo82
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.