Posted on 12/28/2010 1:06:01 PM PST by SmithL
MADISON, Wis. -- Revamped gun measures and tougher rules for payday lenders are among the laws set to take effect around the country on Jan. 1. But some of them may not be on the books for long.
This January, the statutes will kick in just as freshly elected governors and legislators arrive for work. And if new GOP majorities succeed in getting legislation repealed, the result may be sudden U-turns on issues that were only recently debated.
Before the November election, Democrats controlled legislatures in 27 states, with Republicans in charge of just 14. But after the nationwide Republican sweep, the GOP will soon control 26, the Democrats only 17. Control of others is split between the parties. The election also increased the number of Republican governors from 23 to 26.
With the switch in party control could come abrupt changes in the way some states handle government regulation, privatization and other matters.
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It’s those decision that caused the power to switch from Rat to Republican. If the Republican’s don’t change those laws we are all screwed because there will be no where else to turn.
The rules should require a unanimous vote to end the repeal session and move on to move on to making new laws.
Texas has a sunset commission in the legislature whose purpose is to review laws and state agencies to determine if they are still needed.
Wrong, we have at least one more way to turn.
In colonial Virginia in the 1600s the laws all had a sunset provision- they had to pass all the laws again at the next session.
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