Posted on 03/15/2011 10:42:45 AM PDT by SmithL
Democrats are planning to put at least part of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget plan up for a vote this week, days after the governor's self-imposed March 10 deadline.
And while no budget deal has been reached, Republican lawmakers already wary of a compromise are facing a new pressure: At this weekend's GOP convention, one group is threatening to label anyone who supports the governor's plan a traitor.
The California Republican Assembly, a hard-line conservative group, has introduced a resolution for consideration at the party convention in Sacramento to censure lawmakers who vote in favor of putting additional taxes on a special election ballot.
Calling them "traitorous Republicans-in-name-only," the resolution also calls for their resignation, would put the party's support behind any recall effort against them and would prohibit the party from helping those lawmakers in future elections.
The state Republican Party has yet to release the resolution publicly, but a copy was posted on the FlashReport blog, which is operated by state party official Jon Fleischman. The president of the California Republican Assembly could not be reached for comment.
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War for the soul of the party in this state is long overdue.
“Calling them “traitorous Republicans-in-name-only,” the resolution also calls for their resignation, would put the party’s support behind any recall effort against them and would prohibit the party from helping those lawmakers in future elections.”
I love what is left of the California Republican party. I wish those two old ladies in D.C. (Boehner and McConnell)would show the same gonads.
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