The Legislature sent 273 bills to Gov. Joe Manchin out of 2,037 introduced during the 60-day session, passing 13.4% of the total.
That rate of passage was slightly higher than in 2006 (264 of 2301 bills passed, or 11.5%) or 2005 (258 of 2,115 bills, or 12.2%).
And besides approving more bills, the House and Senate this year passed a slightly greater amount in advance of the final night. Before Day 60, 53.1% passed, as opposed to 52% in 2006 and 50.2% in 2005.
As I noted in my session wrapup for The Associated Press, lawmakers in each chamber and from both parties have given some of the credit for the session's outcome to new House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne.
19 March 2007
The 2007 Session: Numbers of Note
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Any legislator that is upset about not getting a raise is an idiot. When (and if) they do something worthy of a raise, then the public might be able to get behind them.
After excluding the DNR officers from a raise (and their pension reform), I have no sympathy for them.
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