{"id":13025,"date":"2010-02-14T22:56:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T05:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=13025"},"modified":"2010-02-15T19:17:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T02:17:06","slug":"sanchez-says-webcasting-resolution-isn%e2%80%99t-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/02\/sanchez-says-webcasting-resolution-isn%e2%80%99t-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanchez says webcasting resolution isn\u2019t dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The existing webcam in the back of the Senate chamber. (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

After cutting short Sunday\u2019s hearing on a resolution to add more cameras on the Senate floor, majority leader says legislation \u201ccould\u201d come up again<\/h4>\n

Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez<\/a> cut short a Sunday hearing on a resolution that would expand webcasting from the Senate floor, but Sanchez says the resolution isn\u2019t dead, regardless of what others claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could come back up before the end of the session,\u201d Sanchez, D-Belen, said in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

Currently, Senate floor webcasting includes\u00a0one camera<\/a> placed at the back of the chamber. Senate Resolution 1<\/a>, of which Sanchez is the sponsor, would allow the installation of additional cameras to give viewers a more complete view of the chamber.<\/p>\n

Sanchez, who controls the Senate calendar, brought the resolution up for a vote Sunday evening. Sen. Cisco McSorley<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, asked for a brief delay so he could find Sen. Eric Griego<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, who was excused from the floor but had intended to propose an amendment to Sanchez\u2019s resolution that would expand webcasting to include Senate committees.<\/p>\n

After a brief exchange with McSorley, Sanchez pulled the resolution and went on to another piece of legislation.<\/p>\n

Later, Griego sent out a news release headlined \u201cDemocratic leader kills webcasting bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, the biggest obstacle to transparency in the New Mexico Senate has been the Democratic leadership,\u201d Griego said in the release.\u00a0\u201cLast session, the Democratic leadership orchestrated the gutting of webcasting on the Senate floor by restricting webcasting to one camera, which only shows part of the floor activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanchez: Resolution still on Senate calendar<\/h3>\n

Griego said his news release came after Sanchez told McSorley that SR1 was dead. In an interview, McSorley said that\u2019s exactly what Sanchez told him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Sanchez told me that he was no longer going to proceed with the bill\u2026 for the session. He said the bill is dead,\u201d McSorley said.<\/p>\n

Sanchez said that\u2019s not true. He said he cut the hearing short not to kill the resolution, but because a senator who wanted to propose an amendment wasn\u2019t present.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator McSorley hears what he wants to hear. He likes publicity,\u201d Sanchez said. \u201cThey\u2019re making a big to-do about nothing. (The resolution) is on our calendar. It stays on our calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he was saying the resolution \u201cwould\u201d or \u201ccould\u201d come up again for a Senate vote before the end of the session, Sanchez said it \u201ccould.\u201d Because it\u2019s a Senate rule change, it doesn\u2019t need House approval, so there\u2019s plenty of time for it to pass before the session ends at noon on Thursday \u2013 if Sanchez brings it up again for consideration.<\/p>\n

Other webcasting legislation languishing in Senate Rules<\/h3>\n

Griego has proposed his own legislation \u2013 Senate Resolution 4<\/a> \u2013 that would expand webcasting to include Senate committees. But the resolution hasn\u2019t been scheduled for a hearing by Senate Rules Committee Chair Linda Lopez<\/a>, who has twice not answered my question about when she\u2019ll give it a hearing.<\/p>\n

Because of that, Griego proposed on Saturday, during a meeting of the Senate Public Affairs Committee, adding his resolution as an amendment to Sanchez\u2019s resolution. Griego\u2019s proposal failed, but Sanchez\u2019s resolution \u2013 without the Griego amendment \u2013 was given a do-pass recommendation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That set the stage for today\u2019s situation on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n

Sanchez said he wasn\u2019t aware of Griego\u2019s resolution and Griego didn\u2019t notify him in advance that he planned to propose an amendment to SR1.<\/p>\n

Also languishing in Lopez\u2019s committee without being scheduled for a hearing is\u00a0House Joint Memorial 15<\/a>, sponsored by Rep.\u00a0Jeff Steinborn<\/a>, D-Las Cruces, which would expand webcasting to include interim committee meetings.<\/p>\n

Lopez has also not responded to my question about when that legislation, which has already passed the House, will get a hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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