Post by Logan on Mar 12, 2016 0:48:48 GMT -6
A day after a blowup over gubernatorial appointments looked like it would cause an already contentious legislative session to boil over into unmasked partisan obstruction, tensions cooled in the state Senate Thursday, and a deal has apparently been struck.
Republican and Democratic Senate leaders were cagey about how such a deal would play out, but the Senate functioned normally Thursday, after Democrats had threatened to slow the body’s progress to a parliamentary crawl.
Republicans struck a conciliatory tone and hinted that they’d be willing to backtrack.
“In retrospect, maybe I would have done it differently,” Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, said on West Virginia MetroNews. Cole was firm that Republicans were permitted to act as they had, but said he had no idea that their actions would so enrage Democrats.
“I’m a reasonable person. I’m willing to talk to anybody,” he said.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160310/tensions-ease-in-wv-senate-after-blowup
Republican and Democratic Senate leaders were cagey about how such a deal would play out, but the Senate functioned normally Thursday, after Democrats had threatened to slow the body’s progress to a parliamentary crawl.
Republicans struck a conciliatory tone and hinted that they’d be willing to backtrack.
“In retrospect, maybe I would have done it differently,” Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, said on West Virginia MetroNews. Cole was firm that Republicans were permitted to act as they had, but said he had no idea that their actions would so enrage Democrats.
“I’m a reasonable person. I’m willing to talk to anybody,” he said.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160310/tensions-ease-in-wv-senate-after-blowup