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"Lawmaker says death penalty ban has chance," is the AP report by Matt Gouras via Saturday's Great Falls Tribune.House Speaker Bob Bergren said Friday that he expects a few big policy initiatives could clear a legislative session that has seen many proposals die amid tight partisan margins and budget worries.The Havre Democrat, eyeing next week's legislative midpoint, pointed to a couple of big ideas as possibilities.Bergren said a proposed death penalty ban, that has cleared the Senate for the second time in two years, could get out of the House this year. That chamber killed it in 2007."I hope the committee I put it in moves it so that the whole body can at least have the discussion," Bergren said. "I'm going to vote for it if I get the chance...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 23, 2009 (boomark / email).