Updated on August 28, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT’S TO FOLLOW THE LAW The budget debate this session was one of the most bizarre we’ve seen yet. It wasn’t that many years ago that the state’s Budget and Control Board was making across-the-board budget cuts owing to the recession and the state’s inability to meet its …
Category: Budget, Commentary, Reform & Restructuring, Research, Transparency Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Budget Reform, House Rules, Legislative Reform, Provisos, Senate Rules, South Carolina state budget, Transparency
Updated on March 28, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
“Veterans” of the South Carolina Senate know the Senate rules and Jefferson’s Manual like the back of their hands. To the untrained eyes and ears, the legislative “code” used in the Senate can seem perfectly harmless, while in reality, it’s being used to cut someone’s speaking time short, filibuster an amendment, push a bill through …
Tag: Senate Rules
Budget Process Remains Secretive
Updated on August 28, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT’S TO FOLLOW THE LAW The budget debate this session was one of the most bizarre we’ve seen yet. It wasn’t that many years ago that the state’s Budget and Control Board was making across-the-board budget cuts owing to the recession and the state’s inability to meet its …
Category: Budget, Commentary, Reform & Restructuring, Research, Transparency Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Budget Reform, House Rules, Legislative Reform, Provisos, Senate Rules, South Carolina state budget, Transparency
Senate Leadership Gets Taste of Own ‘Rules’ Medicine
Updated on March 28, 2014 by South Carolina Policy Council
“Veterans” of the South Carolina Senate know the Senate rules and Jefferson’s Manual like the back of their hands. To the untrained eyes and ears, the legislative “code” used in the Senate can seem perfectly harmless, while in reality, it’s being used to cut someone’s speaking time short, filibuster an amendment, push a bill through …
Category: Commentary Tags: Procedure, Senate Rules