I began my day by reading through the list of House bills that would be considered by the full Senate today.

I learned that a Senate committee acted favorably on some of the bills it heard yesterday but not mine.

Does that mean something?

Has my bill been taken hostage, to be freed only if legislation supported by the committee receives favorable action in the House?

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We drafted a technical amendment dealing with foreclosure to my bill imposing a penalty on people who improperly obtain the homestead tax credit.

In this instance, technical means it deals with property law, a subject about which I have retained very little from the little that I learned in my first-year law school class.

I reminded my staff this morning: “It is essential that the industry official whom we worked with on the technical amendment be at the witness table with me later today – in case someone asks a question about this language.”

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“People like to be asked, and people like to be thanked,” Tip O’Neill advised.

A staffer told me that another legislator needed to hear from me about an issue of mine before his subcommittee.

I explained my proposal to my colleague, asked for his support, and got it.

Then I thanked the staffer.