Senator Barrasso, Senator Enzi, and Congresswoman Lummis each spoke to the Wyoming Legislature on Friday. All 3 had a common theme that Congress could learn a lot from the Wyoming Legislature. Specifically we only have one subject per bill, the amendments are germane, we balance our budget, the Governor has line item veto.
Representative Colin Simpson, the Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives has been working for years for improvements to our health care system. Below is a letter that he sent out earlier today describing some of the bills that he is working on.
As this budget session continues, there are two bills I’d like to highlight that may be acted upon this week by the Wyoming House of Representatives. During these tough economic times we need to reduce costs for hard-working Wyomingites - so they can afford health coverage - and …
[reprinted from an 11/7 edition of the JH Weekly, letters to the editor]
“Where’s the 757 in these 9/11 photos? Anyone, anyone, anyone…”
When the empirical Dark Lords of the Bush and Bin Laden regimes began choreographing 9/11 they failed to foresee a fateful flaw in their sinister plans to wage their soul-less, profit driven war. This would be the emergence of the Internet and a cultural phenomenon called Youtube.com.
The reptilian Republicans assumed that their “shock and awe” strategies would sweep panic and fear over the American people, while the blaringly obvious …
The Wyoming Legislature is trying an experiment today in allowing testimony before a standing legislative committee by videoconference. Usually, in order to testify in support or opposition to a bill before the legislature you have to travel all the way to Cheyenne and appear in person. The legislature has set up one committee room (Room 302 for those familiar with the Capitol Building) with monitors and cameras. People who wish to testify will be able to go to a videoconference site in their hometown and testify from their own town.
Today …
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VIDEO CONFERENCING AVAILABLE THURSDAY FOR PUBLIC DURING CONSIDERATION OF TWO HOUSE BILLS
CHEYENNE - Representative Keith Gingery, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has announced that the Committee will be holding public hearings on the following legislation: HB38 (Driving under the influence - amendments) and HB61 (Legal services funding). HB 38 will be taken up on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. HB 61 will be taken …