Press Releases

Showing: May, 2005

House Republicans who claim to be fiscally responsible have killed a bill that would require county jails to show they are financially sound before entering into a contract with the state. Senate Bill 687, authored by Senator Kenneth Corn and Representative Joe Dorman, passed the Senate with bi-partisan support but failed to receive a committee hearing in the House, rendering the measure dead for this legislative session.
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Senate Republican Leader Glenn Coffee said Democrat State Sen. Daisy Lawler is a “late-comer” to the pro-life movement at the state Legislature and should stop her criticism of pro-life House Republicans, who have a long history of promoting and supporting pro-life legislation.

“Sen. Lawler is a latecomer to the pro-life movement at the Capitol, and she has very little credibility to criticize anyone on the life issue given her voting record,” stated Coffee, R-Oklahoma City.

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Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan said Wednesday that he was able to reach a resolution to the stand-off with Republican Leader Glenn Coffee and Lt. Governor Mary Fallin by keeping the lines of communication open.

Under the agreement that ended the stalemate, Morgan consented for Fallin to preside over a single vote during Wednesday’s session before handing him back the gavel.
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Senate dispute ends

State Capitol, Oklahoma City – Senate Democrats backed down Wednesday from their efforts to keep Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin from presiding over Senate proceedings and avoid a vote on real workers’ compensation reform.

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Senate Democrats continued to ignore the Oklahoma Constitution Tuesday in their effort to protect trial lawyers from real workers’ compensation reform.

Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan and Senate Democrats again ignored Lt. Gov Mary Fallin’s presence in the presiding officer’s chair of the Oklahoma Senate Tuesday – but Fallin gaveled down Morgan, whom she ruled out of order, as the Democrat leadership ordered her microphone to be turned off.

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Citing his constitutional authority Monday, Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan presided over the Oklahoma State Senate while standing beside his desk on the Senate floor, reaffirming his control over the day-to-day business of the legislative body after Lt. Governor Mary Fallin’s second failed attempted to hijack it.
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Democrats violate State Constitution

In flagrant disregard of the Oklahoma Constitution, Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan ignored Lt. Gov Mary Fallin’s presence in the presiding officer’s chair of the Oklahoma Senate Monday.

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