Its normally news that could be presented anywhere else just for entertainment purposes. It shows, to me, a very strange undercurrent of authority in abstract...
So then something extraordinary -- and rather embarrassing -- happened.
The two sides, like feuding junior high schoolers refusing to acknowledge each other, began holding separate legislative sessions at the same time. Side by side, the parties, each asserting that it rightfully controls the Senate, talked and sometimes shouted over one another, gaveling through votes that are certain to be disputed. There were two Senate presidents, two gavels, two sets of bills being voted on.
The place is New York. The time is very current. In fact, the reason this gets a spot on Opine is...
The normal session expired in the middle of this month; depending on the outcome of the stalemate (I'm tempted to call it "Fool's Mate" instead), there may be insufficient time to bring up the same-sex marriage (SSM) bill before the expiration of the current "extraordinary session," called by N.Y. Gov. David Paterson. If it expires, and if Paterson does not call another, then I think the Senate is in recess until January... at least so the New York State Senate's own website seems to say.
For the links on how they got in such a predicament, and more, follow Daffyd's coverage at Big Lizards...
Perhaps unrelated but fun trivia, can anyone name the last US Congress bill that was voted on before in the great day of Republican power ended? It was right before they started bickering amongst themselves over immigration. A bill that was considered an unserious attempt at political grandstanding...
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