Last week I sat down to work on a legislative update and found myself stumped at what to say. All the little individual items I thought I needed to share seemed to pale when faced with what’s going on in Washington. I sat watching the House & Senate debate and vote on legislation they hadn’t [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Steve Morris’
Who will blink first?
Republican leaders in the House and Senate today refused to allow Gov. Sebelius to borrow additional cash to make state payroll this Friday. From the Topeka Capital-Journal: House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, and Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said it would have been illegal for the State Finance Council to have authorized additional short-term debt [...]
Party or Power? Elections tomorrow will tell…
On Monday, Republican and Democrat legislators will meet to decide who leads their respective caucuses. The Senate President and Speaker of the House have a considerable amount of power in deciding what legislation is considered, which committee a bill is sent to and whether or not a vote will even occur. The most important of [...]
Morris, Vratil appear to endorse Democrat for reelection
A Thursday Winfield Courier article cited Senate President Steve Morris and Vice President John Vratil as saying the reelection of Democrat Greta Goodwin would be critical to retaining moderate leadership in the Senate. Calling Goodwin the ’21st Senator’, the Courier cites Morris and Vratil as saying the Senate seat will be pivotal in deciding Senate [...]
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