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Senate to take up (unanimously passes!) resolution calling for $100 penalty for missing lawmakers
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| 3-2-11
| Andy Szal
Posted on 03/02/2011 10:23:14 AM PST by bigbob
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Above excerpt from 2011 SENATE RESOLUTION 3 which can be read in its entirety at the linked site above.
Symbolic, but unanimous passage also shows the unity of the Republican state Senate members.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:23:19 AM PST
by
bigbob
To: bigbob
Under this resolution, a senator who is absent without leave from two or more session days is subject to a penalty equal to $100 for each day that the senator is absent without leave. That's not enough.
It has to be large enough that some union's slush fund can't afford to fund it.
I'd prefer $10,000/day, but I'll settle for $1,000/day.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:30:10 AM PST
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: bigbob
Wow, that’s gonna hurt. That’ll show em.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:33:48 AM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: justlurking
Union slush funds would not be able to legally reimburse them for this. It could be a way to send some of them to jail if they try.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:34:44 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(Social Justice is the epitome of injustice.)
To: bigbob
I’ve been looking at this site for timely Wisconsin budget updates. Seems to have lots of posts.
http://budget.wispolitics.com/
WARNING— I’m Not sure of the partisan affiliation of this site so be skeptical.
To: bigbob
They’ll probably be able to pay for it out of their campaign accounts.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:41:43 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: bigbob
"No problem, we've got the cash on hand".
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:43:32 AM PST
by
Reagan Man
("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
To: bigbob
Fine them $1,000/day and assign the money to deficit reduction.
To: listenhillary
Union slush funds would not be able to legally reimburse them for this. It could be a way to send some of them to jail if they try. By definition, a "slush fund" has questionable origins and/or questionable expenditures. But it's generally "off the books" anyway.
$100/day could be managed by collecting cash from supporters, a few bucks at a time. $1,000/day is a lot harder, and $10,000/day is effectively impossible to hide.
If you read the bill, the legislator doesn't even have to pay it. All he has to do is refuse, and it's deducted from per-diem or travel expense reimbursements. The resolution prohibits it from being deducted from salary.
$100/day is "walking around money" to these guys. It's not enough to "encourage" them to do anything.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:46:45 AM PST
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: bigbob
Seriously?!
I would gladly pay $100 a day for a paid day off.
To: bigbob
$100? I can spend that at the grocery in the blink of an eye - it's chump change.
What else...five licks with a nerf bat? A shot in the but with a marshmallow gun?
Wait, I know...a one hour suspension of their reserved parking spaces....
(No wonder we can't get people to stop misbehaving)
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:47:48 AM PST
by
FrankR
(The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
To: bigbob
They should be re-districting, and passing voter ID. Unless there are strict measures to prevent the Unions from reimbursing, this is pointless.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:51:14 AM PST
by
ROTB
(Sans Christian revival, we are government slaves, or nuked by China/Russia when we revolt.)
To: justlurking
$100/day is "walking around money" to these guys. It's not enough to "encourage" them to do anything. It should start at $1000 per day and double every day they are AWOL.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:51:31 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: bigbob; All
How about making them forego their generous healthcare and retirement packages?
It will make them show up a lot quicker than $100.
(And if I didn’t do my job, I would lose it.....why can they play these nonsesnical games?)
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:51:45 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Planning on using 911? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
To: bigbob
...they’ll just take it from their Union contributions. :)
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:55:50 AM PST
by
Tzimisce
(Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
To: justlurking; unixfox
This is more symbolic than anything else. I think the GOPers know that some of the Dems are essentially being held against their will (talk about party discipline!) and in any case are probably receiving money from elsewere, so they probably don’t want to look as if they’re being harsh on the captive Dems and they know there’s no way they can compete with the union/Obama money that is probably being funneled into the Dems’ bank accounts even as we speak.
It’s a gesture, nothing more. But at least they made a gesture! Normally, the GOP doesn’t even do that much.
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posted on
03/02/2011 10:56:55 AM PST
by
livius
To: bigbob
Yeah, but what if they get one of those bogus doctors notes?/sarc
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posted on
03/02/2011 11:01:56 AM PST
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: FrankR
It is $100 per DAY. That adds up. If they’re only gone for a few days, they probably wouldn’t write them up on it anyway. But if they’re gone for ten or more days, we’re into the thousands. And state legislators generally don’t earn that much money whilst in session. In fact, this may be a way to garnishee their wages without actually attaching their pay, which may be more complicated to do.
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posted on
03/02/2011 11:12:40 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
To: justlurking
It has to be large enough that some union's slush fund can't afford to fund it.
The unions and their DEM supporters will afford any amount to make WI stop this madness. If they lose this, their whole charade is in jeopardy as state after state will follow in order to try and get their house in order for the impeding unfunded doom that looms on the horizon.
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posted on
03/02/2011 11:15:49 AM PST
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: bigbob
In addition, the senator must reimburse the senate for the actual costs incurred to compel his or her attendance
The senate majority leader may also take certain measures to compel the attendance of any senator who is absent without leave. The resolution also allows the sergeant at arms to request the assistance of any law enforcement officer in this state to find and return any senator who is absent without leave. The fact that the fleebaggers have to personally reimburse the State of Wisconsin for all expenses, including all costs associated with deploying law enforcement personnel in this matter, will amount to considerably more than $100/day. It could be that this is more than symbolic.
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posted on
03/02/2011 11:21:51 AM PST
by
lonevoice
(Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
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