NASHVILLE - House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick today rhetorically rapped the knuckles of a GOP colleague after the lawmaker asked House members on the floor this afternoon to delay bills that might draw a veto from Gov. Bill Haslam and come see him.
"With all due respect," McCormick, R-Chattanooga, told the chamber after Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden, made his remarks, "I would ask you to bring those bills to me."
Earlier, Holt said there were some "questionable bills that out there" and there could be uncertainty whether Haslam, a Republican, would sign, not sign or veto the legislation. He noted Tennessee has easy override provisions, adding it takes the same number of votes to override a veto as it does to pass the bill.
Holt suggested members come by to see him about the number of representatives' signatures, which are seen as a show of strength.