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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 January 2007 07:15 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 17 January 2007 07:15
In Alabama, 5 dissident Senate Democrats may make life tough on the Dem leadership in that chamber.
On the issue of whether or not they should adjourn a simple organizational session and reconvene on March 6th – pretty standard stuff – the vote was 18-17 – the partisan split in the Alabama state senate is 23 Democrats to 12 Republicans.
Republicans and a few dissident Democrats are upset about the Senate's operating rules and committee assignments that the Democratic majority made during the organizational session, and they are promising lots of stalling tactics when the Legislature returns for its regular session March 6.
“I don't see that we have any choice,” said Sen. Steve French, R-Birmingham.
This will make for some interesting politics.