Tuesday, April 19

After a five-minute morning session, the House adjourned and went into Appropriations and Ways & Means Committees at 10:00.  At 11:00, both parties went into caucus.  At 1:00 there was finally some floor debate (minus the debate).   SCR 7, SF 410, and SF 515 were passed and then many of the reps either left or sat around and hosted tiny political discussions amongst themselves.  The vote on SF 410 was very interesting because a Democrat and eight Republicans actually voted against it - including Majority Leader Upmeyer.  It showed me that she was willing to put the bill up for debate for the majority of the caucus even though she was against it.  I think that is a quality of a good leader.