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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou know in Wisconsin our Senators left the state to deny them a quorum....
for voting on Act 10...Walker sent the gendarmes after them...but in the end, the Rs found a sneaky way to vote without them, and pushed it thru.
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You know in Wisconsin our Senators left the state to deny them a quorum.... (Original Post)
jodymarie aimee
Jun 2018
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FBaggins
(28,670 posts)1. Harder to leave the country
Especially for those who need to campaign in red states for the Fall.
And who suggests the absence of a quorum?
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)2. Texas state dems left and the gov sent the TX Rangers to OK to retrieve them
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)3. Sure, and that takes time and gums up the works.
Then we move to the next tactic.
There's no one silver bullet; our side has to be ready to spray a hail of metaphorical bullets.