{"id":399,"date":"2024-06-07T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2024-04-13T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T10:18:46","slug":"filibustering-with-the-best-of-them-sixteenth-daily-dose-of-third-times-the-charm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"Filibustering with the Best of Them [sixteenth daily dose of Third Time’s the Charm]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOK,\u201d I say, \u201cDo it your way.\u201d  And you know what?  She was great at it – making compromises from a position of strength.  After building seniority and gaining respect for her ideas, she chaired the Senate Energy Committee passing the most significant environmental protection legislation in decades.  But it wasn\u2019t always easy.  Talk about balls!  So there\u2019s this terrible bill that will say burning-up used tires counts towards meeting renewable energy mandates despite the polluting nature.   It has passed the House and come over to the Senate as a \u201cmessage from the house,\u201d meaning even though there is no Senate version of the bill (because Ellen fought it back in the committee process), it is before the Senate for a straight up or down vote with no amendments possible.  It\u2019s supported by Governor Pawlenty.  It\u2019s on the Senate Floor on the very last night of the legislative session.  The hour is late.<\/p>\n

Watching Ace filibuster was a sight to behold!  She out-smarted the President of the Senate and the Senate Author because the Senate Parliamentarian had to rule that her motion to set the time<\/span> for adjournment was<\/span> a debatable motion; it wasn\u2019t a motion to adjourn where the question can be called; and therefore she was entitled to keep the floor.  The Senator carrying the Message from the House is whining into the microphone while not being recognized,
\n\u201cMr. President!  Mr. President!  I demand to be heard!  You can\u2019t let her do this!  It\u2019s not fair!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ace ran the clock out, albeit amidst chaos, all the way to the stroke of midnight \u2013 the point at which no more bills could be passed \u2013 as dictated by the Minnesota Constitution.  And I think she even had the support of a majority of her colleagues.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Anderson practicing the art of compromise<\/p><\/div>\n

The next day the Governor called a Special Session to deal with the budget impasse that had deadlocked the Republican House and the Democratic Senate.   So the tire-burning bill wasn\u2019t dead beyond resuscitation.  When the lobbyists asked the Governor to include it in the budget solution bill, Ellen asked to meet with the Governor.  At that meeting one of the Governor\u2019s cabinet members starts out with, \u201cYou know Governor, she\u2019s right.   The way the bill is written is not good for the environment.\u201d  And on the spot, Ellen, the Governor, the Governor\u2019s staff, and the author of the bill worked out a compromise that everybody could breathe with.<\/p>\n

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