Inman: No Democrat Bills Making It To House Floor

House Minority Leader Scott Inman is spitting mad at House leadership for not allowing Democrat bills to be heard on the floor.

“Not one House Democrat has had a bill placed on the House calendar, much less debated and voted on by the entire House membership,” Inman said. “The people we represent have been deprived of their constitutional right to a voice in the legislative process,” the Del City Democrat said.

Inman is claiming Democrats are being “stonewalled.”

“This is the most partisan Speakership in the 108-year history of this state.”

Forty-two of the Democrats 215 bills filed in the House managed to make it out of committee. Inman said not one of them made it to the floor for consideration.

“We are opposed to raising taxes on middle-class Oklahomans while the governor and the Republican leadership refuse to roll back that fiscally irresponsible income-tax cut, refuse to index the gross production tax, and refuse to even discuss accessing federal funds to cover hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans who are uninsured,” Inman said.

A legislative deadline of March 10th is in place for bills to be passed out of their house of origin. If they aren’t approved, they are effectively dead for the session.

Inman is calling on the House leadership to be fair and work with the Democrats.

“Doing so requires them to treat our members, our legislation, and our constituents with the respect and consideration they deserve.”


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  1. Bobby Cleveland, 26 February, 2016

    I am a State Republican Representative. I have not had my bills heard either. Maybe if the Democrats would stop slowing the system down we would have time to hear more bills. To cry wolf is akin to the man who killed his parents asking the Court to have mercy on a poor orphan.

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