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Campfield Passes His First Bill

By Kleinheider Posted on March 30, 2009 at 7:17 pm

Now in his third term as a member of the General Assembly, Rep. Stacey Campfield has finally seen a bill he sponsored pass a floor vote.

UPDATE: Humphrey with the report:

The vote on the amendment was 50 for Stacey, 45 against — a squeaker that relied upon winning a few key Democratic votes, including Memphis Reps. G.A. Hardaway and Mike Kernell, who (as I understand, but have not verified) have both been through divorces and are thus somewhat sympathetic on the matter of dad visitation rights.

The upshot: Stacey Campfield, when willing to compromise in committee and deal with selective Democrats, can be effective in advancing a reasonable piece of legislation despite otherwise making a lot of Democratic people mad and some Republicans uneasy. But just barely.

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One Responses to “Campfield Passes His First Bill”

  1. TonyGottlieb writes
    March 31st, 2009 8:59 am

    In a shameful display of political partisanship, 21 members of the Tennessee House of Representatives turned their backs on children of parents with active duty in the military service.

    They voted against a bill that would permit a “petition,” by an active duty military, who is a non-custodial parent, to the court to allow an alternate family member, [i.e. sister, grandmother, uncle] to step in as the child’s alternate residential parent.

    These are members who voted against this : Bone, Borchert, Brown, Camper, Cooper, DeBerry L, Favors, Fitzhugh, Fraley, Gilmore, Jones S, Jones U, Naifeh, Odom, Pruitt, Richardson, Shaw, Sontany, Stewart, Turner L, Turner M — 21.

    Thanks you Stacey Campfiled for bringing this bill.

    Military families from the Districts of House members who stood in opposition to this bill should recognize that their State Representatives are incapable of setting aside pettiness for the benefit of those volunteering protect our nation.

    It was disgusting.

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