Due to the late date in setting final targets, many thought it would not be possible to finish on time. As it was, there would be no comprehensive Transportation Bill or Tax Bill this year.
We were told the Jobs and Energy Conference Committee Bill would make it to the Floor of the House before we had to adjourn at midnight. The Senate was to send it over as soon as they finished with it. As it happened, the bill showed up just a few minutes before our mandated adjournment. Then the manner in which the Speaker tried to get it passed through before midnight resulted in confusion and chaos.
Prior to the chaotic ending, the Republican Majority failed to arrive at a compromise with the Governor on the Education Bill, so he vetoed it as he promised, and there will be a Special Session. So the dramatic ending was in vain.