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Wednesday, March 5th, will be lived in crescendo. The Senate will work on House Bills. The House will work on Senate Bills. The Senate will concur (or not) to House amendments to Senate Bills. The House will concur (or not) to Senate amendments to House Bills.

Watch for conference committees throughout the day. A conference committee is the negotiating team that attempts to resolve differences between House and Senate versions of a bill. If you don’t know where they're meeting just listen for shouting.

Senate Leadership will prioritize senate bills for the House to consider. House Leadership will prioritize house bills for the Senate to consider. Leadership of both bodies will trade lists.

Bills are debated and acted on much faster than earlier in the session. You’ll see hopes (and possibly tempers) rise and fall as the clock hurtles toward midnight. All interested parties will realize the final success or failure of their aspirations this session.

We may finish early this year. We may not. The latest we could go is the stroke of midnight when our voting machine locks up. You can watch or listen live on our official site.

It's been a long session, but a good one. We hope you've found it engaging.

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