SB354 offered as amendement to SB 1581

[baldeagle]

Fun in the Senate today. Senator Zaffirini offered SB 5 as amendment #4 to SB 1581, which was acceptable to the author, Senator Ogden. Wentworth then offered SB 354 as amendment #5 to SB 1581. I love it! This time Wentworth has gone "in your face" to both Ogden and Zaffirini.

[warhorse10_9]

Fun in the Senate today. Senator Zaffirini offered SB 5 as amendment #4 to SB 1581, which was acceptable to the author, Senator Ogden. Wentworth then offered SB 354 as amendment #5 to SB 1581. I love it! This time Wentworth has gone "in your face" to both Ogden and Zaffirini.

Just saw that Go Wentworth!

[RPB]

going to be a fun time this week
be sure to call / fax calendars in the House, that's where the "other side" is administering pressure today/tomorrow

[J.R.@A&M]

Fun in the Senate today. Senator Zaffirini offered SB 5 as amendment #4 to SB 1581, which was acceptable to the author, Senator Ogden. Wentworth then offered SB 354 as amendment #5 to SB 1581. I love it! This time Wentworth has gone "in your face" to both Ogden and Zaffirini.

Good clean fun. Wentworth is sounding a lot more reasonable in comparison to Zaffirini.

[Jasonw560]

Keep me posted. It's Monday, so I'm at work.

Have a contact who kjows some House people. They're working on things.

[RPB]

First
unfunded mandate cost to schools storage insurance


no increased insurance
up to schools what they do in dorms, no impact

Germane-ness challenged

"It's broad enough to be germane"

now approaching front desk

Now Senate taking a break while germane-ness discussed up front
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(I watched house a minute earlier, realized nothing can go on there yet, but since Woods is watching Calendars, I figured ... Senate may be fun today (Like when they watched Senate before with SB 5 and House got 3 guns on campus bills out of committee

Call/fax House Calendars now, so while Woods is over in the Senate and tweeting everyone to call Senators tomorrow ...
( He has to stay up late tonight writing press releases )

[warhorse10_9]

My thoughts are if SB5 is germane to this bill and this amendment was germane to SB5 then this amendment will be germane to this bill. Hopefully the parliamentarian sees it the same way.

[Charles L. Cotton]

Was Zaffirini's Amendment #4 voted on, or is Sen. Wentworth's Amendment #5 an amendment to her amendment?

Chas.

[warhorse10_9]

Was Zaffirini's Amendment #4 voted on, or is Sen. Wentworth's Amendment #5 an amendment to her amendment?

Chas.

Zaffirini's was voted on and adopted. Amendment 5 stands on its own.

[warhorse10_9]

Amendment 5 is germane.

Davis looks

[RPB]

Amendment 5 is germane.

Bad guys Senator Wise?/Weiss? moving to table amendment 5 now

Voting

12 ayes 19 nays
motion to table fails

( I actually have to leave in a few minutes ... promised to help a fellow do something)

Here come the amendments to the amendment ...

(Wentworth mentioned the movie "Groundhog day" Deja- vu )

[Coogan]

Since Wentworth's amendment passed, it looks like the Democrats are trying to come up with some additional (gutting) amendments to offer. Now Lucio wants to try to remove Zaffirini's amendment.

[RPB]

Since Wentworth's amendment passed, it looks like the Democrats are trying to come up with some additional (gutting) amendments to offer.

Exactly
Lucio wanting to reconsider the vote upon which zaffrini's bill passed ...

(so they can try to pull it again later)

The anti-s are in time-wasting mode again

Opt out board of regents amendment offerred again ...

[warhorse10_9]

Davis's local control amendment again.

[RPB]

Davis's local control amendment again.

19 ayes 12 nays local control is tabled