Thread by @samkarlin

The House is resuming its work, after some jockeying over whether they were going to allow bills to be heard after the 82nd day (requires a 2/3 vote). Republicans garner enough votes to overpower Democrats on a vaccine bill, allowing it to be heard 76-23. #lalege #lagov

And Republicans appear to retaliate against Dems for opposing Frieman's bill. Seabaugh asks Tammy Phelps how she voted on the Frieman motion, before Republicans kill the motion to hear her bill on a 37-65 vote. #lalege #lagov

Republicans seem to be only letting Democrat bills heard if the member voted in favor of letting Republican bills get heard in the Senate. Seems like they're retaliating against any Dem that opposed the Republican vaccine bill #lalege #lagov

Rep. Duplessis (D) asks House Republicans to vote on these bills on the merits, like he did on the first R bill: "I’m going to ask this body to take a vote on the merits and not on the politics.” They kill his expungement bill over his vote against the vax bill #lalege #lagov

This seems to me like the Republicans flexing their political muscles in the House, more than anything. #lalege #lagov