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Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2008 04:11 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 24 January 2008 12:57
This is one of those ideas that came out of the stereotypical smoke and bourbon filled back room of the local capital area watering hole. Brilliant.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Senate Democrats are withdrawing a bill that would have allowed temporary replacements for sick lawmakers.Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis says an attorney general’s opinion indicated that the law would have been unconstitutional.
Kyle’s bill would have targeted lawmakers like Sen. Ophelia Ford, another Memphis Democrat who missed much of last session and all of the current one so far.