By now you probably know that HB 1332 passed the house with a vote of 74-26. There are some pretty bummed people but I want everyone to know that this is not a defeat but an anticipated part of working to defeat legislation.
OK, lets put this in perspective. This is the first chamber, we know that last night she did not have the votes and this morning as late as 10 am Denney did not have the 2/3 to pass this bill. There are over 1500 bills flowing through the legislature and each representative wants to see his bill passed. So what happens? There are deals made.Several reps which pledged support early on now voted yea. How can this be? Its politics folks. Its the first real process this bill has seen out of committee and representatives will pledge support to get the support of another rep for their own cause. Thats how the game is played. It is also quite possible that the house members believe that this will go down in the senate appropriations committee and/or the senate.
Im tellin ya the game has just started. Are we disappointedyeah but nice to have this go down in the first round. Are we surprised.not in the least. We knew there was a chancea very good chance it would be passed by the house. Like Denise said dont look at the total numbers.look at the margin needed to pass. The party needed Denney to save face for other reasons and thats what happened. This bill will have a much harder route in the senate and with the current economy Im sure it will get a fight in committee.
Lets look at the positive things here. 1. A week ago we had 8 no votestoday 26. 26 votes in the senate would not pass this bill. 2. There were significant changes in the bill in this first phase. Chances are very good it will undergo many other changes. The added amendments include moving the number of transferred animals from 25 to 35 is arbitrary when compared to the other issues. This will be defeated, just not in the house. My grandma would say No whinin, put on your big girl panties and lets git the work done. Thats what were going to do. As soon as the schedule is out for the appropriations committee well get busy.