Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 5:09:53 GMT -6
COLUMBIA — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says the Senate will take up individual components of an ethics bill next week after a ruling Thursday by Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster halted debate on the bill and drew a tongue lashing from the governor.
Sen. Larry Martin, a Pickens Republican, told The Greenville News that the Senate first will take up the issue of allowing the State Ethics Commission to conduct ethics investigations of lawmakers and then will take up a separate House bill that would require lawmakers and public officials to disclose all sources of income.
"While yesterday was a bit of a disappointment, it was not anywhere closed to failure of ethics reform," he said. "It makes it a bit more challenging because you have to pass another bill. But you know what? It's not rocket science."
The Senate was debating a House-passed bill this week on ethics reform that Martin's committee had amended with other components. The House has passed ethics reforms bills individually and in one bill in an attempt to get them passed in the Senate, all to no avail during the past two years.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/08/haley-vents-over-ethics-bill-but-senate-try-again/82786862/
Sen. Larry Martin, a Pickens Republican, told The Greenville News that the Senate first will take up the issue of allowing the State Ethics Commission to conduct ethics investigations of lawmakers and then will take up a separate House bill that would require lawmakers and public officials to disclose all sources of income.
"While yesterday was a bit of a disappointment, it was not anywhere closed to failure of ethics reform," he said. "It makes it a bit more challenging because you have to pass another bill. But you know what? It's not rocket science."
The Senate was debating a House-passed bill this week on ethics reform that Martin's committee had amended with other components. The House has passed ethics reforms bills individually and in one bill in an attempt to get them passed in the Senate, all to no avail during the past two years.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/08/haley-vents-over-ethics-bill-but-senate-try-again/82786862/