On Feb 26, 2011, at 10:58 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > The report I read > says "The Republican controlled Senate dispatched the state troopers to > find the Democrats, but they were unsuccessful. A group of them have > opted to stay in a hotel just on the other side of the state line in > Illinois." > > Is that real? >
It is real. By the (self imposed) rules of that legislature, the Republicans have a majority but cannot conduct business without a quorum present, and they don't have enough to meet the (60%?) quorum threshold. Avoiding a roll-call in order to deny a quorum being present is a time-honored tactic at all levels of government in the U.S. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
