Penultimatum

A quick look at the numbers, heading into the eve of the Day 60 finale to the 2010 regular session:

• 73 bills have been passed to Gov. Joe Manchin;

• 2 bills so far have required House-Senate conference committees to reconcile dueling versions (one of those could be up for a House vote today);

• The House has 49 bills up for passage on its active calendar;

• The Senate has 19 bills up for passage on its active calendar;

• Another 22 bills are slated for final Senate votes Saturday (the Senate has been suspending the three-day rule to allow for immediate votes on passage. It did so eight times on Thursday);

• An additional 30 bills are idling on the House's inactive calendar. All but three of those would otherwise be up for a vote on passage.

Nearly 2,080 bills were introduced this session.