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Maybe the Cardinals are still playing the Steelers too
February 22, 2009
The "prevailing wage" bill came up one vote short of passing Friday. The supporters, including the speaker of the Iowa House, refuse to take "no" for an answer. They have vowed to hold the vote open until 1:00 pm Monday in hopes of begging or bullying somebody enough to cast an additional "yes" vote. This requires them to keep somebody in the speaker's chair the whole time to hold the vote open.
Being in the neighborhood, the Tax Update stopped by the Iowa House of Representatives late Saturday afternoon, and sure enough, there they were.
A few of them, anyway, including at least one of the bill's opponents, who are working in shifts to keep an eye on things. It's a good thing the legislators aren't in charge of football, or the Super Bowl might still be going on, technically.
Methamphetamine is popular in some circles in Iowa when there is a need to stay awake and alert for unnaturally long shifts. Of course there are significant downsides to meth use, such as impaired judgement and bizarre behavior. Which makes you wonder if the House leadership broke out the meth a little early this session.
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I think that it might be pertinent to direct people to facesofmeth dot com as well. But if not, feel free to delete this.
Posted by: Dustin | February 22, 2009 3:48 PM