cooljeanius’s avatarcooljeanius’s Twitter Archive—№ 60,878

                                                                                                                                                                      1. phew got here just in time to start; I didn't sleep well last night (if at all; can't really say for sure), so apologies in advance for lower livetweeting quality... #NHPolitics
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                                                                                                                                                                      I saw @asmaelhuni and @SebastianF603 standing outside sticking up for Palestinian rights today; good to have them here!
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                                                                                                                                                                    oh man my Dad would probably hate today's rendition of the National Anthem (it's on bagpipes; he hates those)
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                                                                                                                                                                  Jeannie Notter apologizes for her inflammatory PI from last night
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                                                                                                                                                                ok onto the actual bills; we're into the section for bills from the Labor, Industrial, & Rehabilitative Services Committee now
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                                                                                                                                                              reminder that voice votes often go by too quickly for me to tweet about, like the previous one
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                                                                                                                                                            current bill: HB1076. I think I'm a cosponsor on this?
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                                                                                                                                                        Motion is to table; let's not do that. This is an important bill that we should hear debate on.
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                                                                                                                                                      darn, it's tabled... attendance seems even lower today...
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                                                                                                                                                    Next: HB1088, allowing employees to protect themselves from COVID in the workplace. @TimothyHorrigan is speaking for it. Seems like a good bill; let's pass it!
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                                                                                                                                                  HB1088 is killed on voice vote; Republicans don't want you to be able to protect yourself from COVID
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                                                                                                                                                also I swear I've seen stories of counterexamples to the GOP speaker (where an employer *did* actually do what the bill's designed to prevent); I'll have to find those later...
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                                                                                                                                              few more voice votes go by
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                                                                                                                                            Josh Adjutant gives a nuanced speech about HB1165, about the paid family leave plan. Yeah, current plan has problems, but we should improve it instead of repealing it.
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                                                                                                                                          this was one of the previous voice votes; note there's an extra "8" in there by accident; "HB13863" should be just "HB1363": @cooljeanius/1481685549912051716
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                                                                                                                                        "Allz we have to do..." yup this guy is from NH
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                                                                                                                                      Another typo to correct, this one from yesterday's thread: "HB1673" should be "HB1625" here; HB1625 was the buffer zone one, while HB1673 was the one after that: @cooljeanius/1504260154409242626
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                                                                                                                                    HB1165 passes; Republicans don't want you to have PFML
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                                                                                                                                  Current bill: HB1210, another bad anti-vax bill. I am amazed that they managed to get anti-vax bills into seemingly every separate committee
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                                                                                                                                we could lose a lot of Medicaid/Medicare funding if HB1210 passes; that'd be really bad... (I'm on Medicaid btw)
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                                                                                                                              public health is public public health is public public health is public public health is public public health is public public health is public public health is public public health is public public health is public public health is public #PublicHealthIsPublic
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                                                                                                                            stop trying to treat decisions that affect others as being purely "personal" or "private"
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                                                                                                                          HB1210 passes; this is really bad...
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                                                                                                                        Now: HB1251, to ban sub-minimum wages. GOP wants to table.
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                                                                                                                      HB1251 is tabled; GOP confirms their hatred for working-class people. Bosses will continue to be able to oppress workers with unfair pay.
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                                                                                                                    Next: HB1337, about the duration of unemployment benefits. Republicans want to take unemployment benefits away from people struggling with unemployment.
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                                                                                                                  HB1337 passes; Republicans continue to dismantle our social safety net
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                                                                                                                Next: HB1472, a bill prohibiting anti-union activities. I think I'm a cosponsor on this one.
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                                                                                                            This was also about HB1472: @cooljeanius/1487808667894362121
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                                                                                                          End stuff like this! #1u @TGTWorkersUnite/1487780394758025217
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                                                                                                        Good, he brought up the point how the objection we have isn't to management's free speech, but rather to them being able to force people to listen.
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                                                                                                      GOP speaker is trying to "both-sides" labor-management relations; he clearly doesn't understand power dynamics (or, he *does* understand them and is being disingenuous) #1u
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                                                                                                    Management has coercive power over workers that unions don't. This, it is perfectly fair and good to pass asymmetric legislation favoring unions and restricting management.
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                                                                                                  Yes, this bill is one-sided, it's for the only good side: the workers. We *ought* to be one-sided in our opposition to management.
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                                                                                                HB1472 is ITL-ed; Republicans confirm their hostility to the labor movement.
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                                                                                              "print remarks" motion
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                                                                                            Current bill: HB1514, relative to an employee's unused earned time. It seems like it'd address a form of wage theft that employers can commit. Good bill, let's pass it! #EndWageTheft
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                                                                                          Oops, missed the HB1514 results... anyways, that's it for Labor bills; onto Legislative Administration bills. First is CACR23, to make the state constitution gender-neutral.
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                                                                                        dang my Twitter crashed while typing up my reaction to CACR23; oh well... Now is HB1007, about removing insurrectionists.
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                                                                                      HB1007 is tabled; darn. Next: HB1033, the bill to kill the Municipal Association.
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                                                                                    I may disagree with the Municipal Association sometimes, but they're always very helpful, and I generally appreciate their input (even when it's against my bills). If all lobbyists were as helpful as the Municipal Association, the State House would be a much better place.
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                                                                                  HB1033 is tabled; next: HB1041, allowing legislative employees to unionize.
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                                                                                .@RachelBradyCole and @SlateGoodwin and @DGM37 deserve a union; solidarity with them. Shame we couldn't help them organize one by passing HB1041 today, though... #1u
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                                                                              missed a few voice votes... current bill: HB1129, about the fiscal committee.
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                                                                            Now: HB1170, about interstate policymaking conventions. @tjsnh gave a good (if long) PI on why HB1170 is bad; let's table it.
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                                                                          we were getting some emails about this one: @cooljeanius/1503687233236357122
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                                                                        motion to table fails; onto debate... Coin flip must have turned up heads for Rep. Abramson to end up on the right side of this bill.
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                                                                      Almost time for lunch...
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                                                                    HB1370: a study committee for childcare for legislators. It's a good idea and would address one of the reasons @WazirNh is going to be leaving; it'd be great if she could stay instead!
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                                                                  HB1370 is ITL-ed; Republicans don't want working parents to be able to serve in the legislature. They'd rather just reserve it for retirees, rich people, and those of us insane enough to ruin any chances of doing anything else we might want to do.
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                                                                breaking for lunch now
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                                                              The fact that we can sing "Solidarity Forever" together as a united House Dem caucus, and at DSA conventions, gives me hope that the differences between the two camps might be more resolvable than people in both groups might think. Props to @KrisSchultzNH for organizing!
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                                                            one bright spot this week has been how it's been consistently nice out for lunch, including today
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                                                          bills from my own committee (Municipal & County Government) will be coming up after lunch; I'd better get ready...
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                                                        Back to legislating; @rosemarierung is speaking on HB1046
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                                                      I never understood why this was a party-line vote: @cooljeanius/1485635111269842946
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                                                  huh, we won HB1046 (it passed); interesting...
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                                                Next: HB1070...
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                                            executive session on it: @cooljeanius/1496182488795865093
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                                          There was a motion to reconsider: @cooljeanius/1496486987834044416
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                                        oh right I finally remembered the word I was trying to think of for evidence for my claim that Republicans might not know the word "trepidation" last night: it was "amorphous": @cooljeanius/1496491205135323137
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                                      ...they're really roll-calling HB1070? That's kind of a signal something's up...
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                                    HB1070 passes; oh well, at least I live in a city, and not an official ballot jurisdiction...
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                                  Next: HB1081; @rosemarierung speaking to it
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                                (or, against it, that is)
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                            executive session on it: @cooljeanius/1496490894089986050
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                          HB1081 passes; now a motion to remove HB1076 from the table
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                        oh right this one; I missed my chance to say much about it
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                      (it was from earlier today)
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                    This is the productivity quotas bill that's meant to rein in Amazon; I'm a cosponsor on it
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                  HB1076 stays on the table; oh well... back to MCG bills
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                The prime sponsor on this was a Republican, and yet all Republicans on the committee voted against it, while almost all Dems (including me) voted for it; go figure: @cooljeanius/1491427548089454599
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          boo, we should have gotten a division to confirm that voice vote
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        Current bill: HB1112
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      HB1112 is tabled... onto HB1119, the plastic bag bill.
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    more tabling
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      ugh why is John Burt roll-call-ing this
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        we had that glitch where results were being displayed live as votes were still coming in; resulted in results being massaged a bit
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          Back to HB1087, which was tabled on voice vote; now we can get actual vote results... ugh double negatives
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            down with minimum lot sizes!
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              failed by just a 3-vote difference; darn
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                HB1172 now! This is my bill! Interim Study on voice vote!
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                  next: HB1177, the fourplex bill
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                    Max Abramson is opposing our fourplex bill...
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                          Abramson isn't being a very good libertarian if he's going against Mercatus on this: @cooljeanius/1490710157118087168
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                            executive session on it: @cooljeanius/1496509761579278337
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                              looks like Sununu hasn't done the vote-whipping I was hoping for: @cooljeanius/1504144152438706176
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                                HB1177 is tabled; Republicans confirm that they don't want to do anything to solve our housing crisis
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                                  current bill: HB1194, a tax cap bill
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                                      Municipal Association opposes it (gee, I wonder why the GOP want to abolish the Municipal Association?): @cooljeanius/1490719034127564803
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                                        executive session on it: @cooljeanius/1496546536741822477
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                                          HB1194 passes; Republicans want to make life more difficult for localities.
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                                            Darn, I did actually kinda want to speak on that (HB1219, my #YIGBY bill), but, since I'm in a middle seat, it's kinda hard to get out...
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                                              Now: HB1268; this one is bad
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                                                yeah it's an attack on local control: @cooljeanius/1493625488249659397
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                                                    More testimony against it: @cooljeanius/1493632730936061962
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                                                      final executive session motion on it (there was a motion to reconsider): @cooljeanius/1498672727137435650
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                                                        #PeopleOverProperty
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                                                          HB1268 passes; Republicans confirm they care more about property than people
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                                                            I wish I had an aisle seat
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                                                              .@ivyvann speaking against HB1307 which is another attack on the Housing Appeals Board. Let's preserve the HAB and kill this bill!
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                                                                "HAB Board" is like saying "PIN Number" or "ATM Machine"
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                                                                  oh well, HB1307 passes on voice vote
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                                                                    Now: HB1342, this year's Nashua spending cap bill
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                                                                        executive session on it: @cooljeanius/1498678030335680517
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                                                                          it actually passed our committee, believe it or not: @cooljeanius/1498697405063172099
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                                                                            welp, guess the Republicans on our committee who helped Dems get it past committee got a talking-to from leadership; HB1342 dies... next is HB1393, for school district tax caps
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                                                                              This is another Eric Pauer bill that he laundered into the legislature via his wife: @cooljeanius/1493688355887931394
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                                                                                  I hope all 108 people who signed in against this bill online were paying attention just now: @cooljeanius/1498681978673115139
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                                                                                    Next: HB1667, a veterans' tax credit bill
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                                                                                      passed in executive session on March 1st: @cooljeanius/1498691965571203072
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                                                                                        tbh it's kinda bad optics for us to be opposing this, but the points about needing to look at the bigger picture are correct: @cooljeanius/1498691052991041536
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                                                                                          (and Rep. Klee is addressing and refuting the optics points in her speech, anyways)
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                                                                                            That PI from Jess Edwards was more of a speech
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                                                                                              HB1667 passes; I guess the fact that it was a roll call vote got some Dems to join the GOP on it...
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                                                                                                Trying to remove HB1177 from the table now; dunno if we have the votes for it now, but, hopefully we do!
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                                                                                                  oh well
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                                                                                                    onto bills from Public Works & Highways
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                                                                                                      first from this committee is HB1432, which Republicans are using to try to kill passenger rail. Motion is to table.
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                                                                                                        I really want passenger rail, so let's kill this bill!
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                                                                                                          motion to table fails; onto debate on it
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                                                                                                            hey @LowellCouncilor you support rail right? This is you chance to convince your fellow Republicans to support it, too!
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                                                                                                              "Public works shouldn't be done with public funds." -Republicans, basically
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                                                                                                                HB1432 passes; Republicans are anti-rail and want to perpetuate our culture of car dependency. I hope the 75% of NH who, according to a 2019 poll, support rail, are paying attention here.
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                                                                                                                  Now: HB2022 (as many bills as the current year!), relative to the 10-year transportation plan
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                                                                                                                    argh special-ordering
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                                                                                                                      current bill: HB1097, a tax bill. Unsure how I'll vote on it...
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                                                                                                                        .@mhp4nhrep is speaking against HB1097; sounds like there are some court cases involved...
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                                                                                                                          I'm kinda confused here
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                                                                                                                            hm I guess I'm a "no" on this; no hard feelings against anyone who votes "yes" though (basically my decision is just based on trusting the people on the "no" side more)
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                                                                                                                              a "no" vote just means it'd go to interim study instead; it's not to kill it entirely
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                                                                                                                                hey it's the glitch where results are displayed live again
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                                                                                                                                  ugh special-ordering another Ways & Means bill
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                                                                                                                                    Now: HB1221, for cuts to the business profits tax and the business enterprise taxes. Businesses are already making extreme profits at the expense of everyone else; they need to be taxed more, not less.
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                                                                                                                                      by my count, it looks like we've still got 35 more bills to go after this one
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                                                                                                                                        I hope we get to dinner soon
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                                                                                                                                          "3 quick ones" to go before dinner, apparently
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                                                                                                                                            back to Resources, Recreation, & Development
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                                                                                                                                              We're on HB1071, the wakesurfing bill everyone was emailing us about. I have committed to supporting this: @cooljeanius/1503545381531041793
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                                                                                                                                                ("supporting" in this case means voting against the ITL motion)
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                                                                                                                                                  oh well, sorry, emailers
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                                                                                                                                                    Now: HB1317, something that... yeah you know what, never mind. Too long to type.
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                                                                                                                                                      dinner break; looks like it rained sometime between lunch and now
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                                                                                                                                                        ok back from dinner for the Science, Technology, & Energy bills... motion is to table HB1116
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                                                                                                                                                          SciTech bills are always really complicated so I probably won't be able to adequately summarize them all
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                                                                                                                                                            oh wait dang it I just remembered I was supposed to consult with someone about a floor amendment to my bill that went before ST&E (HB1250), oh well... try again next year, I guess...
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                                                                                                                                                              current bill is HB1148, which... wait didn't we have a bill like this before our own committee?
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                                                                                                                                                                Yeah I'm thinking of last year's SB86: @cooljeanius/1391770647488049157
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                                                                                                                                                                  (that was bad then, and this is bad, too, btw)
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                                                                                                                                                                    Basically, Republicans want to keep us dependent on fossil fuels.
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                                                                                                                                                                      HB1148 passes; Republicans want to continue to worsen climate change.
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                                                                                                                                                                        Now: HB1250. This is my bill! I'm actually ok with the motion to table; I failed to do my due diligence to get the wording right on this bill. Still voting against tabling, though, just on the principle of trying to do something about climate change.
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                                                                                                                                                                          Motion to table HB1250 passes; that's actually probably better than letting it get ITL-ed, tbh...
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                                                                                                                                                                            I'll try again next year
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                                                                                                                                                                              just gonna post some previous HB1250 tweets before moving on: @cooljeanius/1467943586234830850
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                                                                                                                                                                                Hearing for it was January 25th: @cooljeanius/1486067273278410755
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                                                                                                                                                                                  ok so anyways current bill is HB1270
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                                                                                                                                                                                    Republicans want to remove oversight of electricity
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                                                                                                                                                                                      "The House Clerk has reviewed the video, and..." ...what are we now, the NFL?
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                                                                                                                                                                                        Now: HB1328, a Republican bill to try to let utilities stop helping as many people
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                                                                                                                                                                                          there are these things called "carrier of last resort obligations" that Republicans want to let utilities shirk... I thought Republicans were against laziness? (I'm actually usually pro-laziness, but I'm against it in this case because with great power comes great responsibility)
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Republicans want to let utility companies be lazy and avoid their responsibilities
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Next: HB1459, relative to the recycling of solar panels
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                                                                                                                                                                                                at first I did a double-take at the way the party lines fall on this one (recycling is good, isn't it?), but I think I get what's going on now: Republicans are trying to spread FUD about the reliability of solar panels to get people to avoid them.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  that decorum rule against "attributing intent" is a real pain; a lot of these debates make no sense unless you can do so. Legislators are experts at writing bills that don't actually say anything about what they're trying to do with them.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    I'm drifting
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      SFRVA bills now
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                                                                                                                                                                                                        HCR7: Israel/Palestine
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              not exactly sure how the vote to table will be interpreted... I want the amendment to pass, but don't want the underlying resolution to pass, but if it's tabled before we can vote on the amendment, I dunno which... eh words
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                ugh Al Baldasaro
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  motion to table fails; back to the vote on the amendment (attendance is really dropping)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I support the amendment but will still oppose the undergarment you know what my autocomplete suggestions are getting too ridiculous to correct
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          my adderall has worn off, but if I take more now, I won't be able to sleep again...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            She just HAD to mention that Haman was Persian, didn't she...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              attendance really dropping here
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ...wait, so we actually had an escape hatch available to us this whole time, but we just weren't using it?
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  rules suspended to move remaining bills to March 31st
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3rd reading motion; time to go home...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      16 leftover bills for next time, by my count