1 posted on
08/15/2003 11:10:44 AM PDT by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
How about yanking thier senate seat then you will be makeing a statement IMHO.
2 posted on
08/15/2003 11:12:18 AM PDT by
solo gringo
(Always Ranting Always Rite)
To: Dog Gone
"We don't want to penalize our colleagues," said Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound. I do.
3 posted on
08/15/2003 11:13:21 AM PDT by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Dog Gone
Fines will be paid from the contributions funds to Dems. They probably have the assurances from their $ supporters, so the GOP Texans need to hit them somewhere else. Other suggestions?
4 posted on
08/15/2003 11:13:58 AM PDT by
sarasota
To: Dog Gone
....and the ball busting continues.
To: MeeknMing
bump
10 posted on
08/15/2003 11:17:49 AM PDT by
lowbridge
(You are the audience. I am the author. I outrank you! -Franz Liebkind, The Producers)
To: Dog Gone
LOL...they'll refuse to pay and may walk out (again) in protest (again) THEN they will hopefully lose their seats.
13 posted on
08/15/2003 11:21:13 AM PDT by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
To: Dog Gone
Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott has said the current boundaries are legal and can stay until after the 2010 Census.
Looks like the Texas AG is not supporting his own party on this one.
To: Dog Gone
If we are lucky maybe the Democrats can stay away for a few regular sessions. Texas would be better off. Same thing for the US Congress. It would be nice if all the Dems. just left. Hit the road. Does anyone REALLY think anything would change much if they were gone and didn't pass any new laws for a decade or so?
18 posted on
08/15/2003 11:28:08 AM PDT by
isthisnickcool
(Thanks for the memories!)
To: Dog Gone
Not all of the penalties were unanimously agreed upon. Sens. Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria, and Kim Brimer, R-Fort Worth, voted against barring the staff from parking on Capitol grounds, saying that would affect constituent services. Armbrister also voted against the overall set of penalties. He's the only Senate Democrat who did not leave the state.
Well, at least one of them is man enough to stay and face the heat...
20 posted on
08/15/2003 11:29:36 AM PDT by
Ayn Rand wannabe
(Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups!)
To: Dog Gone
A majority of the Senate's Republican members voted today to take away privileges, such as Capitol parking and meeting space...How cruel can you get?! I mean, this is worse than rounding them up and beating the snot out of them and then tarring and feathering them and force them to walk to Mexico where the SOB's belong!...ya think?
FMCDH
22 posted on
08/15/2003 11:32:09 AM PDT by
nothingnew
(I've changed my tagline and will tell no one what it is until I'm on the Jay Leno show!)
To: Dog Gone
And based upon the current Texas Supreme Court attitude about the separation of powers issue, I do not expect that they will intervene in this Senate enforcement issue. That will leave the RATS out in the cold. I know of no issue that the RATS can raise in the federal courts since there has been no actual redistricting done yet in this session.
25 posted on
08/15/2003 11:43:42 AM PDT by
IpaqMan
To: Dog Gone
They should have done this the day that the Rats announced that they were going to run.
28 posted on
08/15/2003 11:48:09 AM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Dog Gone
How are these fines and sanctions going to be enforced? Armed guards and collection agencies?
36 posted on
08/15/2003 12:42:03 PM PDT by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: Dog Gone
...and the boycotting Democrats immediately said they will never pay them.Garnish their pay and give the money to charity.
37 posted on
08/15/2003 12:45:07 PM PDT by
Consort
To: Dog Gone
The interesting thing will be if those senators whose districts they represent will stay in New Mexico when T.S. Ericka (soon to be hurricane) hits south texas. It won't look very good for them to be living it up while their voters are hurting. Especially, when Rick Perry comes to visit down there to survey the damage.
39 posted on
08/15/2003 12:47:48 PM PDT by
DodgeRam
To: Dog Gone
Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott has said the current boundaries are legal and can stay until after the 2010 Census. I see a new AG in TX's near future.
43 posted on
08/15/2003 12:50:36 PM PDT by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: Dog Gone
Speaking as a non-Texan:
As long as they are not 'boycotting' at the public's expense, they can do whatever they want. Dock the same % of their pay and benefits for the same % that they are away. The fewer new regulations and laws made, the better in my opinion.
To: Dog Gone
"Democrats hold a 17-15 majority in the Texas congressional delegation, and Republicans want to overcome that. They say current districts were based on maps drawn to benefit Democrats. About six of the current districts have a majority of Republican voters but re-elected long-time incumbent Democrats in the 2002 elections."
I haven't followed this one so I truly don't understand. It sounds like Republicans were unable to get Republicans elected, even in districts that are majority Republican, so they want to make districts even more Republican. What happened to working hard and getting conservatives elected?
55 posted on
08/15/2003 1:18:29 PM PDT by
kegler4
To: Dog Gone
voted against barring the staff from parking on Capitol grounds, saying that would affect constituent servicesLIKE BEING AWOL DOESN'T?!!
To: Dog Gone
Hee hee hee I LOVE my Rascally Republican Elected Officials! Go Texas Republicans, GO!!!! Show the Demobrats who is boss! I am sick to death of the Dimwitted Demobrat whiners!
64 posted on
08/15/2003 1:38:00 PM PDT by
buffyt
(Can you say President Hillary, the Hildabeast, Mistress of ALL Darkness? Me Neither!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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