LAWMAKERS TO DEBATE WINNER-TAKE-ALL NEXT WEEK

LINCOLN- The Nebraska Legislature will take up a bill changing the state to a winner-take-all system in the Electoral College on Tuesday afternoon. Speaker John Arch told lawmakers Thursday morning he plans to schedule Sen. Loren Lippincott's priority bill (LB3) for first-round debate on Day 57 of the 90-day legislative session.

Arch said he would allow LB3 to be debated for four hours on general file, or the first round of debate, rather than eight hours, following a procedure he established last year when handling controversial bills. "I believe most members have determined how they will vote on this bill," Arch said. "The measure does not lend itself to amendment, so a general file debate of four hours provides time for arguments for and against to be made for the record."

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