{"id":1324,"date":"2007-02-28T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-28T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/02\/papen-explains-votes-on-conference-committee-bill\/"},"modified":"2007-02-28T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-28T14:50:00","slug":"papen-explains-votes-on-conference-committee-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/02\/papen-explains-votes-on-conference-committee-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Papen explains votes on conference committee bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A pair of votes Sen. Mary Kay Papen<\/a>, D-Las Cruces, didn\u2019t intend to cast sent the Senate into a bizarre series of events on Tuesday afternoon. <\/p>\n

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At the end of it all, the Senate had killed, on a vote of 21-20, Senate Bill 322<\/a>, sponsored by Joe Carraro<\/a>, R-Albuquerque, which would have opened legislative conference committees to the public.<\/p>\n

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Before that, however, the Senate approved the bill on a vote of 19-18, with Papen voting for it. Several minutes later, she made a motion to reconsider the vote, which was approved on a vote of 21-20, but she voted against the motion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey were a couple of stupid votes,\u201d Papen told me. \u201cI was working on something else and not paying attention. \u2026 It was my mistake. I take full responsibility for voting upside-down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Her original vote prompted many to suspect Papen had changed sides in the debate. Papen has long opposed opening conference committees, and voted against another proposal to do it two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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But she voted several days ago in a committee hearing to give Carraro\u2019s bill a do-pass. That, combined with the events of Tuesday, had many watchers confused.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have always not supported the bill, but I wanted to get it out of committee to give it a chance on the floor,\u201d Papen said about the committee vote.<\/p>\n

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As to why she opposes the proposal, Papen had this to say:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think you have more freedom to work something out if you don\u2019t have someone going out and writing what you\u2019re saying,\u201d Papen said.<\/p>\n

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She added that opening conference committee meetings would take away that freedom, which would mean lawmakers would deliberate before showing up to conference committees, making them superficial events.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think that really gives the public transparency anyway,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think that it would give the people what they\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You can read more about Tuesday\u2019s events from the Albuquerque Journal by clicking here<\/a> or the Las Cruces Sun-News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how each senator voted, courtesy of the Associated Press via the Journal:<\/p>\n

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Republicans voting for the bill<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rod Adair (Roswell<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Mark Boitano (Albuquerque<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Joseph Carraro (Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Kent<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> Cravens (Albuquerque)<\/p>\n

Dianna Duran (Tularosa)<\/p>\n

Carroll Leavell (Jal)<\/p>\n

Steven Neville (Aztec)<\/p>\n

William Payne (Albuquerque<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

John Ryan (Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

William Sharer (Farmington<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

H. Diane Snyder (Albuquerque<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

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Republicans voting against it<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vernon<\/st1:city> Asbill (Carlsbad<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Sue Wilson Beffort (Sandia<\/st1:placename> Park<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Clint Harden (Clovis<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Stuart Ingle (Portales)<\/p>\n

Gay Kernan (Hobbs<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Steve Komadina (Corrales)<\/p>\n

Leonard Lee Rawson (Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Democrats voting for the bill<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pete Campos (Las Vegas<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Dede Feldman (Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Mary Jane Garcia (Do\u00f1a Ana)<\/p>\n

Lynda Lovejoy (Crownpoint)<\/p>\n

Richard Martinez (Espanola)<\/p>\n

Cisco McSorley (Albuquerque)<\/p>\n

Cynthia Nava (Las Cruces<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Gerald Ortiz y Pino (Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Nancy Rodriguez (Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

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Democrats voting against it<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ben Altamirano (Silver<\/st1:placename> City<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Carlos Cisneros (Questa)<\/p>\n

Phil Griego (San Jose<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

John Grubesic (Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Tim Jennings (Roswell<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Mary Kay Papen (Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

John Pinto (Tohatchi)<\/p>\n

Lidio Rainaldi (Gallup<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

Shannon Robinson (Albuquerque<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Bernadette Sanchez (Albuquerque<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>)<\/p>\n

Michael Sanchez (Belen)<\/p>\n

John Arthur Smith (Deming)<\/p>\n

James Taylor (Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>)<\/p>\n

David Ulibarri (Grants)<\/p>\n

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Absent<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Linda Lopez (D-Albuquerque)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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