Leonard sees fixes coming in future due to shortened session

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In light of a five-week walkout from the Indiana Statehouse by House Democrats, District 50 Rep. Dan Leonard (R-Huntington) calls it an "accomplishment" that the state legislature was able to finish its session by the Friday, April 29 deadline.

"We got our work done without five weeks in the middle," Leonard said in Indianapolis on the final day of the 2011 legislative session. "But we missed that five weeks of discussion. I'm not trying to throw stones, but the legislation we're passing today ... we're going to have to come back and fix some things next year."

Leonard said that one of the keys to good legislation is debate from both sides - Republican and Democrat - which he feels was largely missing this year.