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Healthcare Package: The Morning After

By Tom, on March 22nd, 2010%

Last night, after I had drifted off to bed, the President’s healthcare “reform” package.  Reform is in quotes because the term indicates trying to make something better.  This package didn’t.  I’m going to be honest here.  Clinton’s attempt to push through his healthcare package may well have been a true reform attempt.  This measure?  Not so much. Continue reading Healthcare Package: The Morning After

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Ballot Access Reform: Dead In the Water

By Jeff, on March 22nd, 2010%

This Thursday, March 25, 2010, is Crossover Day in the General Assembly. If a bill does not clear the chamber it originated in by the close of business on that day, it cannot be considered in the other chamber, and therefore cannot go to the Governor for his signature into law.

To clear the chamber it originated in, a bill must first clear the committee to which it is assigned, and in some cases it must first clear the subcommittee before it can clear the committee. If it sits in committee, it can possibly be cleared in a single day. I believe it takes two days to clear a bill that sits in subcommittee.

Here’s the problem: No ballot access bill has cleared the committee or subcommittee it is currently sitting in, and as of right now neither the House Governmental Affairs committee (where all four House ballot access bills currently reside) nor the Senate Ethics committee (where the Senate ballot access bill currently resides) is scheduled to meet this week.

We put up a good fight in 2010 for ballot access. We had FOUR separate bills introduced to address some form of ballot access reform.
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