Legislative Commentary: March 14, 2019

Dear Friends,

You won’t find me sending a ton of text messages, or using the “LOL” kind of shorthand when I do. But if I had to describe this past week in a text, the abbreviation “SMH” – for “shaking my head” – would be a good choice. Some of what we saw from the Senate majority is almost too much for words.

The biggest shock was probably the decision by the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee to have a special meeting of his committee so he and his fellow Democratic members could push the pieces of his proposed $15 billion transportation package forward.

This package has a host of p...