Posted on 02/20/2011 3:11:00 PM PST by EBH
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin's senate majority leader says the chamber will convene to pass non-spending bills and act on appointments Tuesday even if minority Democrats remain out of state.
Republican Sen. Scott Fitzgerald told The Associated Press on Sunday that he would be reviewing which bills and appointees to schedule for action. He says senators can't wait around "twiddling their thumbs" until the Democrats return.
Fourteen Democrats fled to Illinois last week to delay action on a budget bill that would effectively eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Republicans need 20 of 33 members to have a quorum to pass any spending bill but only a simple majority of 17 for other items.
Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller says Democrats will not return until Gov. Scott Walker is ready to compromise on his labor proposal.
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Wish they could but that would be a fiscal issue and would require the quorum.
Sorry, that does not work. The requirement is for 20 in attendance. The GOP only has 19.
It's the best entertainment I've seen since Nov 2008.
;~)
“Now is a great time to pass a bill requiring proof of eligibility to get on the ballot as a presidential candidate”
BINGO!!!
So..the Wisconsin Senate will reconvene and can vote on other bills?
Great!
Time to turn the screws and cram through EVERY piece of legislation that is absolutely anathema to liberal Democrats... without ANY opposition whatsoever...until the absentee Democrat sneators can’t take the humiliation any more and return with their tails between their legs!
bttt
How about mandatory birth control for anyone on the dole?
How about no more food stamps for anyone? This demonization of fat people is really unnecessary.
Considering two facts...they handily elected Walker after he ran on this issue, and they handily elected Republicans in both houses of the legislature after running on this issue...it’s awesome!
WI flipped from navy blue to bright red overnight!
That’s a fact that the ‘rats and the unions are having a hard time fathoming.
We need to hit them hard while they are confused. lol
Great! I do the same on a daily basis with John Boehner asking him to get the RINOs on board with Conservative principles and fight to starve the beast that is Washington, DC.
I remind him that America is dying and that he, DeMint, Paul Ryan, Bachmann and a few others better FIGHT to save our Republic.
My sincere condolences regarding the loss of your brother.
So sorry to hear about your brother. As I posted earlier we pray for you and your family.
AND an Arizona-style immigration law.
AND a strict voter-ID law.
AND a law overturning 0bamaCare at the state level.
...for starters.
How influential is FR? I’m a mbr of another right-wing forum and I post the articles I see from FR to that site. I discovered the pro-US paper, the UK telegraph here on FR as an example.
any law which imposes, continues or renews a tax, or creates a debt or charge, or makes, continues or renews an appropriation of public or trust money, or releases, discharges or commutes a claim or demand of the state
But a simple majority is all that is necessary for other bills. I think the best solution is to split the bill up. Take all parts of the bill that are considered non-fiscal and find a way to pass that right away. Then when the democrats slink back into the state (and they will eventually) pass the rest. Legal experts is this possible/practical?
BTW here is the language of the bill in question in case anyone is interested.
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