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AJC.com > Legislature > Blog > Archives > 2009 > February > 02 > Entry
DEL.ICIO.USUPDATED HR 1 or no HR 1?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s Day 11 and the House has its first moment of intrigue of the 2009 General Assembly.
The question is whether House Resolution 1, sponsored by Rep. Edward Lindsey (R-Atlanta), comes up for a vote in the chamber today. The resolution, you might recall, would cap local governments’ ability to reassess property, thereby ensuring that homeowners don’t face steep tax increases in a down economy.
But the resolution, which requires a two-thirds vote of the House as it is a proposed constitutional amendment, was on the House calendar for this past Friday. But, instead of debating it as expected, the House abruptly adjourned for the weekend.
The word late Friday and over the weekend was that the Republican majority didn’t have the votes to get the bill to the Senate and leadership wanted the weekend to try and change hearts and minds.
Whether that effort was successful will become clear in the coming moments, as the House begins to convene for the week.
UPDATE: The House just sent HR 1 back to Rules Committee. So that’s that, for today.
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