Legislating: Sometimes it’s like Football Ever watch a football team lose a game because the coaches mismanaged the clock? Similar misfortunes can happen in the game of legislating. When votes are tight and opposition to a bill is strong enough to derail it, senators and staff try to make the
What’s Recess? On scheduled recess days, like today, the business of the Nebraska Legislature continues. Legislative staffers take the opportunity to catch up on their tasks and get ready for the hearings and floor debates ahead. Senators have meetings and lobbyists continue twisting arms and making their cases. In fact,
Hear Ye, Hear Ye With the ten-day window for bill introductions now at a close, and the legislative agenda laid out for all to see, the Capitol has turned its primary focus to the hearing schedule. The clock ticks fast for senators and staff as they often have to juggle
The Elephant in the Room As a proposed ban on elephant and rhinoceros ivory sales failed to advance in the George Norris legislative chamber last week, it was perhaps symbolic of another big elephant looming in the shadows – tax cuts. The Governor outlined a plan in his state of
It’s Like Back to School The scene had a “back to school” feel last week as staffers shuffled papers here and there, lobbyists took their usual places in the Capitol Rotunda and senators laughed, teased and cajoled while getting down to the serious business of bill introductions. There is only
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