{"id":10368,"date":"2014-06-26T17:04:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T22:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/?p=10368"},"modified":"2016-01-13T21:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T02:40:29","slug":"s940_cloture_votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/s940_cloture_votes\/","title":{"rendered":"s.940 cloture votes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"free-money\"<\/a>S. 940 (the $1.7 billion tax hike) is the legislation that allows for counties to offer a local option sales tax. This means that the ballots of 14 counties will have this option on the ballot in November\u2019s General Election. Our effort to kill S. 940 was almost successful. To end a filibuster on a conference report the Senate must adopt a \u201ccloture\u201d motion. This is majority of the body or \u201chard\u201d 23. This means that an absent member is just as valuable as a \u201cnay\u201d vote. Normally, this number is 24. Sen. Yancey McGill (D-Williamsburg) is now Lt. Governor. This vacancy lowers it to 23. Cloture was invoked at 3:26pm. By statute, we could not go past 5:00 pm last Thursday.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the counts were on each motion: 1st<\/sup> 10-31; 2nd<\/sup> 19-20; 3rd<\/sup> 22-16; 4th<\/sup> 19-18; 5th<\/sup> 21-15; 6th<\/sup> 23-15<\/p>\n

Members vote \u201caye\u201d or \u201cnay\u201d for different reasons. The vote can be based on a personal like or dislike for the member holding the floor. Some think filibusters are a waste of time and we should vote on every bill. I have a few colleagues that never vote cloture no matter who has the floor or what the subject is. Sometimes I\u2019ve seen a filibuster on a bill because of a different bill that will be taken up next.<\/p>\n

The rules of the \u201cdeliberative\u201d body are to protect the minority. Depending on the issue, the minority in the South Carolina Senate is either conservatives or Democrats. These two groups often find common ground on procedural issues.<\/p>\n

Many people think it would be based on the subject matter of the bill itself, however, S. 940 passed 35-5. We lost this one, but when it comes to taxes, we’ll go down kicking and screaming.<\/p>\n

Never voted \u201caye\u201d:
\nKarl Allen (D-Greenville)
\nLee Bright (R-Spartanburg)
\nKevin Bryant (R-Anderson)
\nTom Davis (R-Beaufort)
\nBrad Hutto (D-Orangeburg)
\nGerald Malloy (D-Darlington)
\nMartin (Shane) (R-Spartanburg)
\nJohn Matthews (D-Orangeburg)
\nClementa Pinckney (D-Jasper)
\nLuke Rankin (R-Horry)
\nJohn Scott (D-Richland)
\nVincent Sheheen (D-Kershaw)
\nDanny Verdin (R-Laurens)
\nKent Williams (D-Marion)<\/p>\n

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Voted \u201caye\u201d once: Shane Massey (R-Aiken), Thomas McElveen (D-Sumter), Nikki Setlzer (D-Lexington)<\/p>\n

Voted \u201caye\u201d twice: Creighton Coleman (D-Fairfield), Tom Corbin (R-Greenville), Hugh Leatherman (R-Florence), Joel Lourie (D-Richland), Floyd Nicholson (D-Greenwood)<\/p>\n

Voted \u201caye\u201d 3 times: Ray Cleary (R-Georgetown)<\/p>\n

Voted \u201caye\u201d 4 times: Greg Gregory (R-Lancaster)<\/p>\n

Voted \u201caye\u201d 5 times: Thomas Alexander (R-Oconee), John Courson (R-Richland), Larry Grooms (R-Berckeley), Marlon Kimpson (D-Charleston), Harvey Peeler (R-Cherokee), Katrina Shealy (R-Lexington), Paul Thurmond (R-Charleston), Ross Turner (R-Greenville)<\/p>\n

Voted \u201caye\u201d 6 times: Sean Bennett (R-Dorchester), Chip Campsen (R-Charleston), Ronnie Cromer (R-Newberry), Mike Fair (R-Greenville), Wes Hayes (R-York), Greg Hembree (R-Horry), Martin (Larry) (R-Pickens), O’Dell (R-Abbeville), Young (R-Aiken)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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