Legislature convenes for another special session; Gov. Edwards: This one 'can be different'
Louisiana lawmakers are back in session, with a tall task of shoring up a looming $650 million budget gap in just two weeks.
Just hours into the Legislature's second special session of the year, some leaders are already voicing deep concern about the ability to address the fiscal cliff in just two weeks — particularly at the pace that things are getting off to this week.
The House Ways & Means Committee, where most revenue-raising measures must begin, is scheduled to hold its first hearing on tax proposals starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
But Ways & Means Vice Chair Jim Morris, R-Oil City, said that there will be no votes taken, which means Thursday is the absolute earliest that legislation will begin moving as the clock counts down toward the June 4 end of the special session.
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