Posted on 02/17/2011 1:47:14 PM PST by Daisyjane69
Listening live online
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I'm still confused here. It seems to me that only a majority needs to be present, and the Dems are not needed for a quorum.
Another interesting section is Senate Rule 95. It holds that rules may not be changed without the consent of 2/3 of the members present. It seems to me that the Repubs could have a lot of fun here if they declared a quorum (majority of members, all R) and started making rule changes that would upset the Dems.
OMG....I didn’t realize this is the same place. My sweetie and I stopped there on our way to WI over Labor Day. We were heading to Galena and Taliesin for a visit. LOL We even stopped at the Tilted Kilt on the way back. He liked it the first time (what’s not to like for a guy? lol) and they had excellent food.
Wait until he calls me an I tell him this. He will be howling with laughter.
Sorry, I don’t know. I just got home from work and I’m trying to catch up.
Used to be nice clock museum there
Sounds like a happening place.
So, it's not a quorum issue. There are 19 Republicans and 14 Democrats, so unless there are only 16 Republican votes, a quorum exists.
Maybe - just maybe - the dems shot themselves in the groin by leaving today and if they don’t come back tomorrow another session can start with a smaller quorum of 19. Then the pubbies just pass any and everything they want in that session that lasts for as long as they can keep it open...
Wouldn’t that be great?
It’s a smallish chain of restaurants. Good food, eye candy for the bf; nothing more than you can see on TV every night, however. In fact, I have a photo in my camera of him and our server that I need to have developed as a souvenir of our trip.
Mark Levin is reporting now that they are aboard a bus(yes, short and yellow;) and being tracked by Tea Party activists.
He’s calling on the air for the Wisconsin State Police to be on the lookout.
YES! I knew Mark would be on this. He is tape-delayed three hours in my area. I'll listen at 9PM. He'll have a good take on the legal ploys the pubbies can use, too, against these traitors.
Well,well,well the dumb-ocrats were found in the place that I would have looked first
The lowest level of the rankest sewer amoung the other rats
I guess we will soon hear that it was Bush’s fault.
A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly necessary to conduct the business of that group.
A quorum may be a majority, some number greater than a majority, or some number less than a majority.
The number of members that constitutes a quorum differs depending on the assembly and is usually provided for in that assembly’s governing documents (for example, its constitution, charter, or bylaws). The quorum may also be set by law.
Apparently, in the WI Senate, 20 members are required to have a quorum and not just a majority of 17.
He’s hitting it tonight. Worth the listen. I’m glad I’m in the 6-9pm market.
Here’s to the weak kneed getting waterboarded into attendance.
FMOKM
The GOP will sit on their hands like the pansies they are and do nothing as usual. I will happily eat my words if they actually do something meaningful AND effective in response. That is, when I get up off the floor and pull myself together after the shock wears off.
Willful abrogation of duty can be interpreted as a resignation by the executive branch of the government.
If your boss tells you to come into work, and you refuse, its the same thing as saying “I Quit”.
The governor should proceed along those lines.
LOL!! NOW, another clueless lib said this:
“What I don’t understand is how or why a governor can send forth state troopers to forcefully return legislators to the state house, seems really UnAmerican and an assault on personal freedom. There is no law that says they have to be there for a vote so how can this governor get away with this.”
Oh1 Those POOR elected officials! Having to go into hiding so they can’t be forced to do what they were elected to do. Boo-freaking-hoo.
Although I understand the nature of a quorum I've seen several different threads talking about what Wisconsin's Senate's quorum rules are. I have no doubt I've gotten it wrong, but I'm still trying to search for some understanding of what the pubbies are up against in fighting the dems absentee tactic.
The one thing that is clear is that they can require that they return and they can assess fines. Those fines ought to be steep. They ought to hurt, reflective of how much this stunt has cost the taxpayers, the schools, law enforcement, etc.
The Rule 89 I was looking at deals with the Sergeant At Arms going after absentees who are AWOL. Seems to me that could apply here :)
LOL!
Back at ya!
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