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@jakeman said, Uniparty and money. If it goes to the floor, they will be voting to get rid of probably millions of dollars of revenue. Basically, if they vote no, they have a high chance of getting primaried; if they vote yes, they lose a lot of money they can embezzle. It's a no-win for the Uniparty. So if they keep it off the floor, it stays in limbo for eternity.
My friend laughed and said "tell your friend he's 100% correct." They said there were 3 parties at the capital; the far progressive left, conservatives and the uniparty. The uniparty won leadership in the senate by a 20-19 vote. The uniparty controls the senate in the OK legislature. RINO's hold the majority of the seats and leadership. There are very few true conservatives in the OK senate.
Leadership decides what bills get heard. I think my friend told me about 1/2, maybe less of the bills that came out of committee will be heard in the senate by leadership. Nothing that reduces government or fees is getting heard. By contrast, conservatives control the house. Almost all the bills that came out of committee will be heard on the floor, but as long as the uniparty controls the senate smaller government, fewer fees and tax cuts are only a distant hope.
McIntosh. As usual all I get is a leave your name and number and well get back to you. Tried calling Deevers as well. Same story.
Contact your senator, contact Deevers and most importantly contact leadership. I'm sure Deevers' office can provide you all the numbers.
All politics are local folks. Find out where your state senator stands on these type issues and if they are not on your side or if they are a RINO, get involved and get them beat in the primary. That's what we did in our district. My senator wasn't just a RINO, she was a progressive liberal that changed affiliation just to run. She was an AOC liberal behind closed doors. Rabid. Her most ardent supporters and donors were all rabid, drooling progressives. She talked a good game in public, but her voting record said otherwise. Despite her running attack ad after attack ad on her opponent, making up criminal records on her opponent and spouse out of whole cloth, we just stuck to the voting record and won by a nice margin. She had an R after her name but she was no more a Republican than Kamala Harris. There's no way to prove it, but I'd bet my house she voted for Harris in the last election. Most of her supporters did.
Leadership killed this bill, because they don't like the conservative that ran it, and it reduced fees and made government smaller. They ain't gonna be made to put a no vote on that in public where they can be found out. So, it gets turned over and never sees the floor.
Find out where your senator stands. Guide yourself accordingly. Just because they have an R after their name, it doesn't mean they're really a Republican. If the Republican Party in this state had any balls they'd expel those bastards and force them to run as independent or democrats, which is what they are.
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