Comments | tezliana: Indiana Democrats now following WI playbook.

tezliana

Indiana Democrats now following WI playbook.

Feb 22, 2011 13:00

At issue in Indiana is a bill that proposes to bar unions and companies from negotiating a contract that requires NON-union members to kick in fees for representation. Today, 38 of 40 Indiana House Democrats have fled their state to avoid voting on this bill. Theory at this point is that many of them are in Illinois, though some may have gone to ( Read more... )

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ilcylic February 22 2011, 18:25:43 UTC

It's democracy until they don't get their way.

ilcylic February 22 2011, 18:32:01 UTC

Can National Guard units cross state lines?

polyfrog February 23 2011, 04:55:52 UTC

No they cannot. Walker tried that, I'd heard.

ilcylic February 23 2011, 06:02:34 UTC

Ah well. Guess it's going to have to be either FBI or bounty hunters, then.

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polyfrog February 23 2011, 04:56:36 UTC

Come to Illinois: The Democrat's Stronghold!

rmjwell February 23 2011, 15:02:56 UTC

Good thing Republicans never used parliamentary tactics to get what they wanted.

docstrange February 23 2011, 16:53:18 UTC

Juvenile and beneath you. In fact, Democratic lawmakers had Republicans arrested by armed men and bodily carried into the Senate for a quorum call.

So, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

The excuse of "they did it first" is the excuse of the child who does not criticize the behavior but merely copies it, or of the hypocrite who does criticize it yet uses it for himself.

It was wrong of the Senate Republicans who sought to evade a quorum call in 1988, and it's wrong of the state legislators doing it today. That's why they are *HIDING*.