Special Session Ended Saturday

Capitol Report New Mexico - The special session is history. It could have lasted as long as 30 days. Instead, lawmakers said goodbye after 19. The state Senate called it a day, adjourning for good after 1 a.m. Saturday morning (Sept. 24) and leaving the House of Representatives to mop up the rest of the legislative session. The House did that, wrapping up a handful of legislation Saturday afternoon and declaring “Sine Die” and formally adjourning at 4:26 p.m. by a 36-32 vote. But it didn’t happen without some partisan wrangling and House members weren’t able to get to one crucial piece of legislation as well as one major redistricting bill. The Senate handed the House a bill that would keep the state’s unemployment fund solvent without any tax increases for one year but calling for increases in taxes in 2013 on businesses across the state. But it died Saturday afternoon. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Special Session Ended Saturday