The POS democrats do this quite a bit. A remember several years ago when they ran out of the Texas legislature for the same reason. Pigs.
As long as they win each vote.
He might have been a little bit wacky, but when Jesse Ventura was governor I read that he locked an entire committee in a room with his Rottweilers until they voted on a bill he wanted passed.
The Texas episode in 2003 is the first thing I thought of when read the headline. Those TX Rats where living motels under assumed names to avoid voting. Apparently this is not uncommon in certain states.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/14/us/texas-republicans-fume-democrats-remain-awol.html
You insult pigs and I don't even eat pork!
I can't even express how thoroughly juvenile and lunatic it is for a party of elected representatives--adults--to run and hide to avoid taking a vote!
Yep. They all went to Oklahoma so the Texas police couldn't haul their asses back as qallowed by law.