[bill1952]

>After a month nobody will care how many union thugs are in front of the capital.

By Wisconsin Law, after 30 days Walker can declare their seats vacant
They can’t stay out quite that long unless he allows it.

[GonzoGOP]

By Wisconsin Law, after 30 days Walker can declare their seats vacant

Thanks, I had been hearing talk about declaring the seats vacant, but I hadn't seen the number. So that gives us a hard stop date. All Walker has to do his keep the Dem's dancing for another three weeks and this is over. Since the impact of the Dem's walkout / union protest is suffering diminishing returns he can certainly keep it up for that long.

The big thing is that he only needs one dem, not all of them. I'm sure that there are some so deeply into the union's pockets that they would throw away their political careers to make a point. But the Dems need to maintain 100% solidarity for this to work. But after 29 days when it becomes obvious that they are going to lose eventually somebody is going to cross the picket line. Not all, not most, but one. Think of it as the Democrat equivalent of John McCain.

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Can you please post the Wisconsin law that alows this? Do the runaway Senators meet the requirements of the law by being absence?