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Home / OK: LG Not Needed for Tiebreakers, Still Plans to ‘Lead Senate at Times’OK: LG Not Needed for Tiebreakers, Still Plans to ‘Lead Senate at Times’
Last Updated on Monday, 24 November 2008 02:03 Written by rslcpol Monday, 24 November 2008 01:03
This article has just the slightest hint of whining and political gamesmanship. Thankfully, Republican Majority Leader Glenn Coffee is above the antics demonstrated by Oklahoma’s state senate Democrats. Whining is such an unattractive trait for folks who claim to be leaders. From NewsOK:
“I still believe that should I choose to want to preside that that opportunity is still available,” Askins said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if there are times this session when I do choose to preside.”
Askins, midway through her term, occasionally presided over the Senate the past two years when it was evenly divided and broke tie votes a handful of times. In Oklahoma, the lieutenant governor’s duties include being president of the Senate.