Friday, April 07, 2023

The Biggest Disgrace of the Legislative Session Happens Every Session

 Nick Horton of Opportunity Arkansas thinks the biggest disgrace of the session is suspending the rules of transparency and accountability to ram through a bunch of bills at the last minute. The legislators don't even have a chance to read them, and can no longer ask for a study of how much they would cost! I agree with him. This makes a farce of the legislative process.

The man excuse seems to be "this happens every time". Yes, and it is a disgrace every time and no one will do anything to fix it. Senator Bryan King tried. He pushed for a change in the rules that would limit the number and timing of bills that Senators could introduce. They shrugged him off. The system is broken and a farce, and very few of them seem willing to do anything about it.