Track today's Senate State Agencies with this 🧵. A lot of bills on the agenda but we expect there to be a clear favorite. #arpx #arleg
Hopefully we will see congressional map bills move out of the Senate and House today—the literal reason for #arleg to convene in this extended session. #arpx
Sen English is presenting SB743. "Is everybody gonna be happy with this map? No they aren't... but it's the best we've come up with and the House is working on a similar map." #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Rapert: "There is a lot of pressure to get something going [with maps]." #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Rapert is telling committee members that they should pass a bill out of committee and members who take issue with it can discuss potential amendments after bill extraction #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Discussion now over why Pulaski Co is split in English's bill. "I've seen other maps by both dems and GOP where every county is whole," -Sen Tucker
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English's map splits Sherwood and Jacksonville, 2 areas in Pulaski Co. Sen Davis wants Sherwood and Jacksonville back together and to make deviations tighter. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Davis suggests tightening up the map and meeting later this afternoon to extract the map. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Pro Temp Hickey is asking committee to pass English's bill out of committee TODAY. Senate body will not hear the map until Friday (time for tweaks). #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
"#arleg is already going into next week for something we hoped would be three days" -Sen Hickey #arpx #fairmapsAR
"I like [this map]...but we can fine tune and get this out in a couple of hours" -Sen Ballinger #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Rapert says committee will come back this afternoon after senate floor. Hickey says instead he will ask Sen Pres Griffin to postpone floor until 11:30. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
(This whole process has us thinking about school group projects. Can you imagine a group project with 35 senators? yikes.) #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Davis is unhappy with Sen English's bill as-is. "All of the districts are thousands off." #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
"Let's use this [map] as a place setter or we will be back and forth forever with this" -Sen Hickey #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Bledsoe isn't comfortable passing a bill that member aren't happy with and asks Hickey for committee to reconvene later. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
"I want to know Pulaski Co population number and racial demographics... the part of Pulaski cut out... is predominately African American." -Sen Tucker #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Sen Pitsch speaking against English's bill. "They are unhappy back home." Pitsch says he has not been included in after hour meetings where his county is carved up. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
"This has become a 'let's get after the big counties' deal. You're carving up the big counties... we're begging you to hear us." -Sen Pitsch #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
"We do not like being divided." -Sen Pitsch. Pitsch says the map from ten years ago was partisan and so is this one. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Pretty great to see a state senator fight so hard to keep Sebastian county whole. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Senator Pitsch is fighting hard for the people of Sebastian county. It's heartening. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Pitsch refers to a map that Rapert dropped on his desk that had is county whole. Pitsch then says sometime last night a different map was made. Rapert seems very uncomfortable. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
Motion due pass. Motion fails. Committee will likely return today. Senate floor will now convene. #arpx #arleg #fairmapsAR
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