Bills are working their way through the Legislature that would move those efforts even farther.

His 10-point campaign platform was pushed through the Legislature in less than two weeks.

Whether the governor can get his budget through the Legislature remains to be seen.

"I want to get away from introducing thousands of bills and then trying to move them quickly through the Legislature."

The church does not have the power to push a bill through the Legislature by itself.

That is the theory behind a tax amnesty plan moving through the Legislature.

"His action is inconsistent with the will of the people as expressed through the Legislature," he said.

Neither plan made it through the Legislature this year, so both sides decided to go directly to the voters.

When it shot through the Legislature, he was on his honeymoon.

One asked how the men could hope to push their proposals through the Legislature.