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Rep. Jeff Jackson Profile picture
Rep. Jeff Jackson
@JeffJacksonNC
Dad, Soldier, Congressman (NC-14)
Aug 4, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Not sure why this isn’t a bigger story. Cite for me a bigger power grab than passing a constitutional amendment that creates a loophole that allows the majority party to circumvent any governor’s veto at will. #ncpol This isn’t an ‘absurd legal theory’ - it’s the plain reading of the text *and* the judgment of our independent legislative analysis department.
Jul 24, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Whoa - heads up:

The surprise session on constitutional amendments *now also includes* a bill to retroactively change election rules in order to help the GOP win a state Supreme Court election. It makes one of two R's run as Unaffiliated.

It's happening right now. #ncpol Two Republicans and one Democrat are running for the state Supreme Court. This would retroactively change the rules in a way that would result in one of the Republicans (the non-incumbent) being listed as Unaffiliated.
May 24, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Getting a lot of questions on how it's possible to pull this move with the budget. Let me show you how the sausage is getting made.

I've attached a screenshot of the legislative history of SB 99. The bill itself is just a short, two-pager dealing with auto insurance. #ncpol What you can tell from this image is that SB 99 passed the senate last year, then passed the house in a slightly different form.

When that happens, a conference committee is appointed to work out the differences between the two bills and then issue a conference report.
May 23, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
UPDATE: Legislative leadership just invoked the nuclear option with respect to the budget. 1/8
#ncpol For the first time in modern history, it appears our budget will be passed as a conference report instead of a regular bill. Why does this matter? Because a conference report gets to skip the committee process and isn't subject to any amendments. 2/8