Republican super-majority poses challenges for Norman Democrats

Due to the Republican supermajority in the Oklahoma Statehouse, Democrats are having a hard time getting their bills heard on the floor.

That poses new challenges for cities like Norman, whose entire state House delegation is Democrat, as only one of Norman’s three House representatives had a bill pass through the committee deadline last Thursday. State Rep. Jacob Rosecrants, D-Norman, said it took staunch bipartisan support from both chambers of the state legislature in order to accomplish that feat.

“Unfortunately, this has been the most partisan legislative session that I’ve been a part of,” Statehouse Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, said. “That plays out in the number of bills Democrats have been able to get through committees and get heard on the floor.”

Virgin said that her bills usually don’t pass because of the “D” (indicating Democrat party affiliation) next to her name, but the same bill would pass if a Republican were to file it.

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