It's 5 p.m. and the House Judiciary Committee has yet to begin its voting session scheduled for 4:15 p.m. Delays of this nature generally mean that something is happening in the back room, involving more connected personaqges than mere committee members.
With seven hours to go in the session, the committee has yet to vote on one of the most contentious issues it faces: a bill to require ignition interlock devices for all those convicted of drunk driving. The same bill passed the Senate unanimously, but Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph Vallario is no friend of the bill -- unless, of course, he's told to be.
The House itself is scheduled to meet at 5, but with many of its committees still tied up, there's no way that's going to happen.
Interesting, The Judiciary Committee is filled with junior members who sit on the wings. But the senior members who sit at the head table are all out of the room. It's so Annapolis.
The Senate was scheduled to be in at 4:30 p.m. Somehow, I doubt that came off on time either.