MASSEY WILL DEMAND ROLL CALL VOTES ON SPENDING BILLS

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Will Ask for Roll Call Votes Until Commonsense Plan Passes Senate

Columbia, SC- State Senator Shane Massey (R-Edgefield) today announced
that he will ask for a roll call vote on all significant spending bills
until a commonsense accountability plan passes the State Senate.  The SC
Policy Council recently released a study showing that only 1% of bills
passed by the Senate received a roll call vote. That means South
Carolina legislators are voting for outrageous spending projects in
secret without accountability to the taxpayers. Read more

Posted August 13, 2008 by

Prayer amendment is sure to bring challenge

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Someone recently said that I was one of only 12 state senators who voted against having the Lord’s Prayer in schools.

The vote in question was on an amendment to a bill that would allow state and local governments to post a display of the “Foundations of American Law and Government.” The Senate Judiciary Committee decided on a display to include the Ten Commandments, the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, the Star-Spangled Banner, the Bill of Rights, the Preamble to the South Carolina Constitution, the national motto “In God We Trust” and the image of Lady Justice.

Why these historical items? Two U.S. appellate courts have ruled that this display (minus the South Carolina Constitution’s preamble, of course) satisfies the First Amendment. Read more

Posted August 4, 2008 by

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