Alabama Senate's Power Play: Rules Shift Looms

0:00It's March 30th. Welcome to Birmingham News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. With just two weeks left in the Alabama Senate session, Republicans are hustling to slam through a stack of bills before the gavel drops. Stay Senator Chris Elliott from Josephine says the pace all boils down to Democrats and whether they pull out their slowdown moves. Democrats hold a few key tools under current rules that let them drag things out, even as the minority party. Elliott warns that if they lean too hard on those, the majority might rewrite the playbook entirely. On a recent radio spot, Elliott dropped that he's already chatting with Dims across the aisle, laying it out plain, overdue the obstruction, and those. Tools could vanish next time around. It's all about that backroom calculus to keep the session smooth. If the final stretch turns into a grind, with endless cloture votes, and maybe just 20 bills cleared, including the budget expect rules to shift big, time when they reconvene. But cooperate on most fronts and tensions might cool off.

1:02As the countdown hits crunch time, this power play could reshape how Alabama Senate runs long-term. Stay tuned for how it unfolds.