C'mon down, we're making deals!
This is the ad I imagine running on late night TV to get people to watch the end-of-session Senate action today. (Yes, it's supposed to be a bit of humor.)
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Howdy folks and welcome to Crazy Basnight's Bill Emporium. It's our end of session sale and all legislation must go! That's right! Sponsor a bill and we'll move it out the door. The man from Dare County dares YOU to miss out on these deals!
Want to lower the state's upper income tax bracket? We got you covered. Want to keep your chickens from fighting? Go ahead, we've got legislation for that!
And they're just two of the dozens of bills we might vote on today.
But wait, there's more!
At any point today or tomorrow, we may take up that Lottery Bill. That's right! If you’re paying attention, you may be one of the lucky folks to watch us finally pass a state lottery for North Carolina. Or not. We haven't decided yet.
So common on down and don't leave the chamber . . . unless you're a no vote on the lottery of course.
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So . . . we're having a little too much fun down here right now. The plain English translation of all that:
The Senate is working on a bunch of bills today and tomorrow (yes, they're working Saturday) as part of their plan to stop working for the most part after this weekend. To do so, they're working under conditions that expedite the bill passing process but make things a bit hectic.
And the lottery bill, which the Senate must pass in order for there to be a state lottery, is waiting for a hearing but it's passage is somewhat in doubt.
Things will really start heating up today about ... now and are expected to go at least until early evening.