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SINE DIE!
The session is over, but Gov. Richardson already is threatening a special session. Possibly as early as Monday, he said. I don't think many actually believe that.
Richardson praised the House, but blasted the Senate -- especially the leadership and the Finance Committee.
Of the failure of his health care bill, the governor said, "Unfortunately, a handful of Senators, including certain members of the Senate leadership and the Senate Finance Committee, were more focused on power, turf and personal agendas."
Power, turf and personal agendas. Sound familiar?
Many lawmakers I talked to said they expect a special after the June primary. But maybe that's just wishful thinking.
House Majority Leader Ken Martinez just said what Speaker Ben Lujan said last night -- that a special session would be useless without a lot of groundwork aimed at reaching a consensus on health care.
But just a few minutes before, Richardson said he disagreed with that.
The House passed the capitol outlay bill with only five voting no.
No health care bill, virtually no ethics bills, no stem cell research, no domestic partners.
That's the bad news.
The good news is that Brian Condit's son retained his mixed-martial arts (cage fighting) welter-weight title with a first-round knock out.
I'll be leaving this blog, at least until the special session. But please don't be a stranger at my regular blog, http://steveterrell.blogspot.com.
The session is over, but Gov. Richardson already is threatening a special session. Possibly as early as Monday, he said. I don't think many actually believe that.
Richardson praised the House, but blasted the Senate -- especially the leadership and the Finance Committee.
Of the failure of his health care bill, the governor said, "Unfortunately, a handful of Senators, including certain members of the Senate leadership and the Senate Finance Committee, were more focused on power, turf and personal agendas."
Power, turf and personal agendas. Sound familiar?
Many lawmakers I talked to said they expect a special after the June primary. But maybe that's just wishful thinking.
House Majority Leader Ken Martinez just said what Speaker Ben Lujan said last night -- that a special session would be useless without a lot of groundwork aimed at reaching a consensus on health care.
But just a few minutes before, Richardson said he disagreed with that.
The House passed the capitol outlay bill with only five voting no.
No health care bill, virtually no ethics bills, no stem cell research, no domestic partners.
That's the bad news.
The good news is that Brian Condit's son retained his mixed-martial arts (cage fighting) welter-weight title with a first-round knock out.
I'll be leaving this blog, at least until the special session. But please don't be a stranger at my regular blog, http://steveterrell.blogspot.com.
