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Senate throws in the towel for the day, says House delays will force session into next week

Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, just told the Senate that it will be adjourning for the day, to return at 10 a.m. tomorrow; the Senate has finished everything on its calendar except for SB 1162, the $300 million GARVEE bonding bill.

“We’ve got nothing,” Davis said. “I don’t even have anything in the queue.” The House, however, has about 60 pieces of legislation still awaiting action, he said. “At their current burn rate, we’re deep into next week, based on the procedural challenges they’re experiencing over there.”

He said, “I know this floor is willing to stay … to get the work done. I can tell you that the body across the rotunda can’t get it to us, and it’s not because their leadership team isn’t trying. I apologize, but we will have to be back here on Monday.”

Davis said, “I know that there are some very important issues that we as a floor are divided on.”

He said the Senate will convene at 10 a.m. on Friday, and likely work until noon, but at that point, most likely they’ll adjourn until Monday.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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