skullaria wrote:
] What an ugly site, and it seems like some pretty rabid
] rhetoric, but I totally do not understand the need for this
] law...
]
] Links to the bill in question...and
] From the website:
]
] "On January 10, 2005, the Speaker of the Georgia
] House, convinced legislators to pass a rule giving him
] absolute power to win every vote, in every committee
] that comes though the State House of Representatives.
] Not just his party. Him.
]
] This power, the power of a dictator, does not exist in
] any other state in these United States. Not now, not
] ever. All he needs to control every vote are his Hawks.
] (Hawks is their term. It is even on their name badges.)
]
] The Speaker’s Hawks are floaters. They may vote in
] any committee, at any time, on any piece of legislation
] at the discretion of the speaker. The fact that the Hawks
] only vote at the discretion on the speaker is where the
] dictatorship part comes in. And none of them have to
] listen to all the lengthy discussion and boring debate.
] ...
] Republicans kept their promise.
] A dictatorship is the simplest form of government."

What is the justification behind this bill?

RE: Ga. Legislature - Pending Ga. Law - Stop the Hawks Website