Posted by This weekend, Rep. Cam Ward (R – Alabaster) gave me his perspective on whether we are looking at a special session after the close of the regular session.
I think there is an 80% chance of one right now. If the budgets do not pass then by law we have to go back in. The sad thing is that all of these bills we just passed out of the House will have been for nothing.
According to the latest I hear the Senate goes in on Monday for the 23rd legislative day and plan on meeting until someone caves in. If they do not have the budgets read for a second time in the Senate by the 28th legislative day then the session is all but over.
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[...] the Links Monday, May 14, 2007 Special session looms Dan on 2007-05-14 @ 1:19 pm Unless the Senate starts playing nice really soon, a special sessionmay be required in order for a budget to pass. Rep. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster), although in the other chamber of the legislature, is predicting about an 80% chance of a special session. [...]
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