No Budging
Utah House Speaker Greg Curtis has been getting pressure from moderates in the Republican Caucus to expand the number of legislators on the powerful Rules Committee because they believe it is stacked with ultra-conservatives.
But Curtis says he is sticking to eight members, including two Democrats.
Last year, Curtis trimmed the number from 15 to 11, then pared it to eight this year. Under former speaker Marty Stephens, the number of representatives on Rules grew from nine to 15. A Rules Committee assignment is a plum in the Legislature because that committee has the power to kill bills by keeping them in Rules without ever letting them out for consideration and debate on the House floor.
Legislative leaders have done various things with committee assignments to keep as many members of their caucus as possible happy. When Mel Brown was speaker, he expanded the number of standing committees from eight to 12. That meant he could give four more people chairmanships and another four vice chairmanships.
The standard rule among legislative leaders: The more people you can give chairmanships to the less the chances are someone will get anxious and want to move into a leadership position, challenging the leaders who are dolling out the assignments.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
But Curtis says he is sticking to eight members, including two Democrats.
Last year, Curtis trimmed the number from 15 to 11, then pared it to eight this year. Under former speaker Marty Stephens, the number of representatives on Rules grew from nine to 15. A Rules Committee assignment is a plum in the Legislature because that committee has the power to kill bills by keeping them in Rules without ever letting them out for consideration and debate on the House floor.
Legislative leaders have done various things with committee assignments to keep as many members of their caucus as possible happy. When Mel Brown was speaker, he expanded the number of standing committees from eight to 12. That meant he could give four more people chairmanships and another four vice chairmanships.
The standard rule among legislative leaders: The more people you can give chairmanships to the less the chances are someone will get anxious and want to move into a leadership position, challenging the leaders who are dolling out the assignments.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
3:44 PM
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1 Comments:
Isn't this the same Greg Curtis that tried to steal taxpayer money by submitting travel expenses for a government vehicle that was already being paid for by taxpayers? And isn't this the same Greg Curtis that did the same thing when he was with West Jordan? Once a thief and lier, always a thief and lier.
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