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Why can't we be friends? Senator seeks civility
BATON ROUGE — Why can't we be friends?
State Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, sensing a growing fractiousness in the Louisiana Legislature, wants to cool the rhetoric.
"There are always a lot of heated discussions, but it seems to me like we're moving away from philosophical disagreements on issues and getting personal," he said.
So Ward authored Senate Concurrent Resolution 102, which encourages civility among lawmakers.
It won final legislative approval Tuesday in the House by a vote of 101-0.
Read more: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2017/06/06/why-cant-we-friends-senator-seeks-civility/373684001/