Saturday, July 17, 2010
House Passes Succession Bill
WEST VIRGINIA....
Saturday, the West Virginia's House of Delegates voted 46-37 to pass its version of Governor Joe Manchin's special election proposal for filling the vacant seat left by U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd. After defeating the measure earlier Saturday by a 42-45 vote, the House advance a measure setting an August 28th special primary and then adding it to the November 2nd general election. An insufficient majority voted to make the bill effective from final passage in a separate, 50-34 roll call, leaving its status in doubt. The state Senate passed its version of the succession bill Friday afternoon on a 29-1 vote. Manchin has also added 10 more bills to the special session, most of which deal with revise proposals from May's session on education.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:04 PM 
