Remember the DeLay days when the Dems left TX to protest gerrymandering?

[Roland99]

Repukes just love to hate democracy

[bottomofthehill]

1. Yes and he used the FAA to track them down

[ananda]

2. Yes. They were arrested and brought back from Oklahoma.

I've never had my vote for Congress count since.

Delay gerrymandered my district strictly for Mike McCaul.

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. How did they get arrested in OK?

From what I heard this morning, and when that happened, there's no authority to act outside TX. And it's not a crime, so there's no provision for extradition. It is a rule violation, and should be referred to as "detain" not "arrest". It's not up to Gov. Asshole no matter how much chest-thumping he's been doing. The TX House Speaker has to order them detained at the capitol.

[FBaggins]

8. That isn't correct

They were subject to arrest, but Texas law enforcement doesn't have jurisdiction in Oklahoma.

In that case, our minority was a little smaller and it only took one returning Democrat (John Whitmire) to meet the quorum requirement. It took about six weeks.

[iemanja]

3. Weren't the Republicans able to get around the no quorum issue?

back then?

[Rebl2]

4. I seem

to remember republicans doing the same thing a few years ago, but don’t remember what state it was.

[herding cats]

6. Oregon, if I recall correctly. nt

[AllaN01Bear]

5. i thought some dems fled into canada to protest votes that way and the governor

sent the state police after them , but the mounties stopped them cold from going into canada .?