With just two weeks left in the session, the Alabama Senate is hoping to clear as many bills from its calendar as possible. But State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) said it could be up to the Democrats and how much they decide to obstruct.
The Democrats have several tools under current Senate rules to slow things down despite being in the minority. But Elliott said that if they overplay their hand, those rules could change.
"That's part of the conversation that's likely to happen with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, right? If you act like this, then the likelihood that that tool is removed in the future is much greater. If you don't, then the likelihood that that tool is removed is less," Elliott said Friday on FM Talk 1065's "The Jeff Poor Show."
"That's probably part of the calculus in the conversation that happened," he continued. "And so, if we have an excruciating two weeks of having to cloture anything and everything, and we are only able to get to another 20 bills or something like that in the next two weeks to include the budget, then I think the likelihood of rules changing in the next quarter is probably pretty good. If we're able to disagree on a couple of pieces of legislation and work efficiently and effectively on the rest of it, then maybe the likelihood, if it's not as painful, then maybe everybody's not clamoring for a rule change as much."
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