Post by Logan on Mar 22, 2016 5:04:20 GMT -6
CHEYENNE – It’s not easy to be one of the 13 Democratic lawmakers in Wyoming’s 90-member Legislature.
A Wyoming Tribune Eagle analysis showed only seven bills sponsored by Democrats passed the Legislature and were signed into law this year.
And, continuing a trend from past years, the success rate of bills with a Democratic lead sponsor was significantly lower than bills that had the backing of a Republican or interim committee.
“The biggest frustration is to see one of the bills you are sponsoring fail and then see it pass the next year when a Republican sponsors the same thing,” said Rep. Ken Esquibel, D-Cheyenne, who is one of nine Democrats in the House. “That has happened to me a couple of times.”
Read more: www.wyomingnews.com/news/wyoming-state-democrats-struggle-to-pass-laws/article_bf20f554-ee64-11e5-ae0b-d7a36d6288e2.html
A Wyoming Tribune Eagle analysis showed only seven bills sponsored by Democrats passed the Legislature and were signed into law this year.
And, continuing a trend from past years, the success rate of bills with a Democratic lead sponsor was significantly lower than bills that had the backing of a Republican or interim committee.
“The biggest frustration is to see one of the bills you are sponsoring fail and then see it pass the next year when a Republican sponsors the same thing,” said Rep. Ken Esquibel, D-Cheyenne, who is one of nine Democrats in the House. “That has happened to me a couple of times.”
Read more: www.wyomingnews.com/news/wyoming-state-democrats-struggle-to-pass-laws/article_bf20f554-ee64-11e5-ae0b-d7a36d6288e2.html