Cecil A. Partee Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Cecil A. Partee Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield Cecil A. Partee Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
CECIL PARTEE (L) AND GOVERNOR DANIEL WALKER. PARTEE, AS SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER DURING THE WALKER ADMINISTRA- TION, FOUND HIMSELF CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WALKER DEMO- CRATIC ORGANIZATION AND THE REGULAR DEMOCRATlC ORGANI- ZAT ION. "They just always kept me in a tizzy trying to satisfy and protect both ends of the party. "
A: No, it was the Legislative Reference Bureau. Q: So did you send them the data, then, on . . . A: No, you sat down with them across the desk, discussed the idea that you had in mind and you would have somebody rough-draft what you wanted to do or, point-by-point item, what you wanted the bill to include, what you wanted it to exclude. And then they would put it in written form for introduction. Q: Let's see, at that time, when you first went down there, when you were submitting a bill, not a new bill but something which amended a previous bill, wasn't there something about you amended only in part as opposed to replacing it with an entire restatement of the law? A: There are two ways to amend a bill. One, you could offer an amendment in the cormnittee and if that amendment had acceptability within the committee and the bill was voted out as amended, it would hit the floor in that form. Or you could wait until a bill came out of a committee and on second reading, which is the amendment stage, you could offer an amendment on the floor. And if that amendment had acceptability on the floor, it would be attached at that time. And then, when it got the third reading, it would contain, of course, what you had added or taken out. Q: Do you remember any amendments that you made in committee action? A: Oh, gosh. (chuckles) I can't go back that far in terms of specifics. I can certainly remember that there were many times I thought that maybe something was couched in language which could be clearer and more forthright and I would offer an amendment to do that, Or I would offer an amendment to add something to a bill or to take something out that 1 thought was inappropriate in that particular bill. Well, there were many times that--specifically, no, I don't remember. Q: Was this a formal type action? Or was it generally kind of informal in the committee action? A: Formal. Formal, Committee, of course, is less formal than floor action. But it's formal, you have got to do it in writing, you know; you can't just talk about it. Q: Yes. Where did the judiciary committee meet? A: (pause) Seems to me we met in M-5. See, M-5 no longer exists. That mezzanine down just off of the first floor down there was a series of little meeting rooms. See, the capitol has been so configurated and reconfigurated so many times in twenty years, I hardly remember where various ones met. Q: How often did a committee like that. meet? Was it on call? A: It was on call of the chair but they had a schedule. It met at leas? once a week and sometimes you would have to have additional meetings dependiqg on
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CECIL PARTEE (L) AND GOVERNOR DANIEL WALKER. PARTEE, AS<br />
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER DURING THE WALKER ADMINISTRA-<br />
TION, FOUND HIMSELF CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WALKER DEMO-<br />
CRATIC ORGANIZATION AND THE REGULAR DEMOCRATlC ORGANI-<br />
ZAT ION.<br />
"They just always kept me in a tizzy<br />
trying to satisfy and protect both<br />
ends <strong>of</strong> the party. "
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