Unicameral Youth Conference - The Group of Thirteen

The Group of Thirteen

While unofficial and not sponsored by the Unicameral Youth Conference, the Group of Thirteen was the informal name for a group of senators who were trying to rally a filibuster against LB 3. At first the group only sought seven members, as seven was the magic number required to block a cloture attempt. It is rumored that Governor Forsell, who was entirely against the bill, worked with the Speaker and Sen. Hoyt to attempt a filibuster to make sure that the bill would not be passed.

After the success of the filibuster, the members of the group dispersed. A threat came about that all other bills would be filibustered in the wake of the amusing, "crush-induced" filibuster. Supposedly by the urging Sens. Lutkemeir, Martin, and Hoyt, the group was re-created to rally 14 members to their side to invoke cloture on whichever bill they feared a filibuster was coming on (Thirteen was one number shy of the number they needed).

The threat, however, was non-existent, but the Group of Thirteen was now considered the majority party of the Unicameral Youth Conference (It is believed that the Group of Thirteen actually had enough members to invoke cloture). The group was in strong support of LB 1, LB 2, LB 4, LB 6, LB 7, and LB 8. The group was split on LB 5.