![]() ![]() They can do pretty much whatever they want, as we increasingly witness through their budgets and other measures they pass. Here’s my point: At most there are 72 people in the House and 30 in the Senate, or 102 people, who are essentially running this state. More importantly, these leaders determine what legislation will be heard and acted upon, as well as which bills never see the light of day. The Senate President Pro Tem and the Speaker name committee chairs and members. The same is true in the House, in which 72 of the 120 members are Republicans and they choose the House Speaker. Since there are 30 Republicans in the 50-member Senate, more members than Democrats, the 30 in the GOP caucus vote in lockstep to select Senate leadership. ![]() It is the people elected by voters in these districts who then select the Senate President Pro Tem or the House Speaker. We elect 120 representatives in the North Carolina House and the ideal number of people in a district is 88,589. We elect 50 State Senators and the ideal average number of people in a Senate district is 212,614. I apologize in advance that the following is a lot of numbers, but please bear with me. My problem is that 102 people are making decisions that don’t represent the majority of people in our state. ![]() A reader asked why I am so insistent that the General Assembly is making the greatest power grab since Reconstruction. ![]()
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