Senator Tom Brewer - 43rd District
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
As of this writing, sixty-two legislative days of our ninety-day legislative session have elapsed. The Unicameral has not passed a single bill. This appears to be the first session in the history of the Nebraska Legislature that has gone this long without passing legislation. This situation is caused by the on-going filibuster led by Senator Machaela Cavanaugh of Omaha. She has stated that until LB 574 is killed, she will filibuster every single bill before the body. No other state legislature I am aware of allows one member to shut it down. In spite of this, we are continuing to slowly move bills the people of Nebraska have been waiting on.