House Appropriations sends SB 1 along
Dec 4th, 2007 by dani_k
The House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines yesterday to send SB 1 to the house floor for debate today. Republicans on the committee voted against the bill because of procedural issues, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
“This is outrageous,” said Rep. Scott Petri, R-Bucks. “Senate Bill 1 is 47 pages long and we haven’t had a chance to study it. It’s complicated and they’re jamming it through. This is the choo-choo express.”
“Why are we rushing this bill?” said Rep. Douglas Reichley, R-Berks.
They’re rushing, according to the Bucks County Courier Times, because “House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese…wants to send Gov. Ed Rendell a bill next week that would give Pennsylvania residents more access to government documents.” The word on the street is they’re hoping to wrap up open records for Christmas, which brings us to this cartoon I’ve only seen on Tony Phyrillas’ blog:
