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This is the way the world will end. Not with a bang, but a whimper.
Been too busy to post the past few hours, but the "6 o'clock showdown" never happened because Gov. Bill Richardson acted on the spending bills around 5 p.m. He vetoed the entire Capital Outlay bill , HB 43 and signed SB 165 with some line item vetos.
The House -- which in recent years usually goes into the wee hours on the last night of the session -- quietly shut down at about 9:30. They're coming back in the morning. It's 11 p.m. now and the Senate is talking about leaving pretty soon. For the past several hours they've dealt with minor bills and memorials. At one point the senators paid tribute to Pete Domenici. God knows there haven't been nearly enough tributes to Pete Domenici.
Sen. Shannon Robinson might have put it best: “I think it would be best to just let the system crash,” he told me. “I’m not sure very much can happen now.”
There's a Senate bill in the House, SB 471, which is nearly identicial to HB 43. The governor wants the House to pass it. That way he can pick and chose what to line-item veto over the next 20 days. The House should take this up in the morning.
By the way, the governor didn't attend the press conference to explain his vetoes. His staff refused to say where he was, but several reliable sources said he went to the cage matches at Santa Ana Star Casino. Carlos Condit, son of Richardson aide Brian Condit, a champion mixed-martial arts fighter was on the card, defending his world welterweight title.
I think some cage matches would liven up the remaining hours of this legislature.
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Funniest thing I saw in the Roundhouse today: A lobbyist handed me a card for a new supposed organization called "Lobbyist Association Mobilized for Benevolent Equality" or L.A.M.B.E., described as "Advocates of Ethics Reform." The group's motto: "There Ought to be a Law."
Been too busy to post the past few hours, but the "6 o'clock showdown" never happened because Gov. Bill Richardson acted on the spending bills around 5 p.m. He vetoed the entire Capital Outlay bill , HB 43 and signed SB 165 with some line item vetos.
The House -- which in recent years usually goes into the wee hours on the last night of the session -- quietly shut down at about 9:30. They're coming back in the morning. It's 11 p.m. now and the Senate is talking about leaving pretty soon. For the past several hours they've dealt with minor bills and memorials. At one point the senators paid tribute to Pete Domenici. God knows there haven't been nearly enough tributes to Pete Domenici.
Sen. Shannon Robinson might have put it best: “I think it would be best to just let the system crash,” he told me. “I’m not sure very much can happen now.”
There's a Senate bill in the House, SB 471, which is nearly identicial to HB 43. The governor wants the House to pass it. That way he can pick and chose what to line-item veto over the next 20 days. The House should take this up in the morning.
By the way, the governor didn't attend the press conference to explain his vetoes. His staff refused to say where he was, but several reliable sources said he went to the cage matches at Santa Ana Star Casino. Carlos Condit, son of Richardson aide Brian Condit, a champion mixed-martial arts fighter was on the card, defending his world welterweight title.
I think some cage matches would liven up the remaining hours of this legislature.
XXXXX
Funniest thing I saw in the Roundhouse today: A lobbyist handed me a card for a new supposed organization called "Lobbyist Association Mobilized for Benevolent Equality" or L.A.M.B.E., described as "Advocates of Ethics Reform." The group's motto: "There Ought to be a Law."
