Post by Logan on Jun 13, 2016 3:01:08 GMT -6
‘The person I trust least’: State Rep. Neil Abramson’s controversial tactics win him few fans among legislators
Perhaps no bill matters to state lawmakers more than the measure that authorizes hundreds of millions of state dollars annually to build roads, repair buildings and construct sewer systems back home.
So lawmakers were understandably antsy Monday afternoon, hours before the regular session would end, when they couldn’t find the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Neil Abramson, for the second day in a row. Abramson wanted to bottle up the bill, which was up for final approval in the House, because he didn’t like changes made to it by the state Senate.
State Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, sent out a humorous series of tweets showing him searching in vain in the Capitol for Abramson, a Democrat from New Orleans.
Abramson surfaced on the House floor a few minutes later and immediately had to face an attempt by a majority of legislators to approve the construction bill — an unusual rebuke of the legislative leadership. He and several Republican allies resorted to a parliamentary maneuver to thwart the vote.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/16076932-148/tactics-of-state-rep-neil-abramson-win-few-fans-among-fellow-legislators
Perhaps no bill matters to state lawmakers more than the measure that authorizes hundreds of millions of state dollars annually to build roads, repair buildings and construct sewer systems back home.
So lawmakers were understandably antsy Monday afternoon, hours before the regular session would end, when they couldn’t find the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Neil Abramson, for the second day in a row. Abramson wanted to bottle up the bill, which was up for final approval in the House, because he didn’t like changes made to it by the state Senate.
State Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, sent out a humorous series of tweets showing him searching in vain in the Capitol for Abramson, a Democrat from New Orleans.
Abramson surfaced on the House floor a few minutes later and immediately had to face an attempt by a majority of legislators to approve the construction bill — an unusual rebuke of the legislative leadership. He and several Republican allies resorted to a parliamentary maneuver to thwart the vote.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/16076932-148/tactics-of-state-rep-neil-abramson-win-few-fans-among-fellow-legislators