Delaware
Mo’ Better Democrats: Challenge These Legislative Miscreants!
We can argue about the merits of the recently-concluded first session of the 151st General Assembly. However, with a progressive Senate D Caucus moving full speed ahead, we learned who needs to be challenged, especially in the House, to do away with the Kop Kabal now and forever. Time and time again, we saw progressive […]
House Leadership Flat-Out Lied To Senate On Gun Control Package
The deal was cut months ago. There would be a four-bill package of gun control bills that would be worked and passed this year. Two bills would start in the House, two bills would start in the Senate, the bills would be passed and moved to the other chamber, where they would be passed. The […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Awake yet? We’re not talking Countdown To Ecstasy. We’re talking Countdown To Inevitability. A relatively drama-free June 30. We don’t yet know whether the Senate will take up the magazine ban bill that the House weakened. We don’t yet know whether the manufactured homeowners will prevail over the residents (two bills were laid on the […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Let’s see…I’ve got my cold-brewed coffee w/oat milk at the ready, facing at least two hours of cogent analysis and unrelenting snark…let’s DO this! The Bill Mill is grinding overtime today, with multiple agendas in each chamber, and multiple consent agendas (meaning one yes vote can pass multiple bills). Of major note: The Bond Bill […]
What I Want Done (And Not Done) In The Next Two Legislative Days
Everybody has their wish-list. Here’s mine. I’m limiting this to those items that conceivably could be done before the conclusion of this legislative session. So, I’m not including pot legalization or Sen. Lockman’s admirable and ambitious police accountability bill. It’s not that long a list: I want to see the House pass SB 147 and […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday 24, 2021
Dispatcher: “Adam-12, Adam-12, we have a Gold Alert on SB 147 and SB 148. Both have gone missing and have been unaccounted for for at least 48 hours. Please respond.” Trooper Pete: “Roger, Roger. I have them in protective custody. They’re not going anywhere. Over and out.” The preceding dialogue may, or may not, have […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Pretty much every bill we discussed yesterday passed yesterday. The one exception, HB 122 (Heffernan), which would require that persons with disabilities be paid a minimum wage, is at the top of today’s House Agenda with an amendment by the sponsor. Meaning, all is well with this excellent bill. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Five more days. Lots of unfinished business. Some, like the Budget Bill, will likely get done as early as today. But where’s the urgency on marijuana legalization (HB 150), policing reforms (SB 147, SB 148), a limit on the size of assault weapon magazines (SB 6, Pete, why have you ‘disappeared’ this bill?), an end […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, June 17, 2021
The Intercept got ahold of a Zoom call between West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and a centrist money-dispensing outfit called No Labels — founded by ex-Sen. Joe Lieberman — in which Manchin reveals his true feelings about filibuster reform, among other things. Most noteworthy to me was Manchin’s begging these donors to help him find […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 16, 2021
A great day–a GREAT day, in the State Senate yesterday. Dave Sokola and the merry band of progressives there–RULE. So many great bills passed yesterday that it’s hard to know what to omit. (OK, I could have done w/o the break on premium cigars, but other than that…) Two excellent gun control bills (HB 125 […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Let’s start with some good news, sorta. SB 15, the minimum wage increase legislation, is on Thursday’s House Agenda. However, it’s a long Agenda, SB 15 is at the bottom of the Agenda, and it’s questionable whether it will be considered on Thursday. Several amendments, all by Rethugs, have been placed with the bill. Pay […]
DL Open Thread Sunday, June 13, 2021
Delawareans should do a slow burn every time the national media call out Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for siding with Republicans. Everyone knows that another handful of Democratic senators share their not-so-progressive leanings, but most represent either red state or states with strong, functioning Republican parties. Only Delaware has two Democratic senators who both […]
Song of the Day 6/10: Cab Calloway, “The Reefer Man”
With Delaware lawmakers debating a marijuana legalization bill, it seems worthwhile to remind them that cannabis wasn’t always illegal, and its effects weren’t considered dangerous until a wave of refugees from the Mexican Revolution in the 1920s prompted anti-immigrant forces to agitate against the “marihuana” they brought with them. When Cab Calloway, a guy whose […]
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