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Delegate James.
DELEGATE JAMES: Mr. Chairman and fellow Dele-
gates, I would like to speak in opposition to the committee
report and in favor of the minority report.
I am in favor of the minority report because I
feel the majority report is. No. I, undemocratic. It seems!
to me that in a legislative body, a bill should have a vote
on final passage of the majority of the membership. This
is the responsibility of the legislative body. A bill shoil
not proceec* in the order of becoming law unless it as voes
of the entire membership.
We have never had any problem about attendance
in the General Assembly. We have never had a problem such
as that cited in Michigan. Most of the sessions of
the Senate are attended 100 percent. It is seldom that yov
have even one or two absences. The members of the Senate
are very faithful in their attendance, and I can say that
the House is equally, the House members are equally faith-
ful so that we have a historic record of a very, very good
attendance in the General Assembly, and this proposal would
jeopardize this. we certainly do not want to follow the