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Perry signals firm stand on redistricting Associated Press AUSTIN (AP) — A day after Senate Republicans voted to impose fines on their Democratic colleagues who are boycotting the chamber over congressional redistricting, Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday indicated he would call another special session on redistricting and other issues. "If there is work to be done, I expect the Legislature to be here conducting" it, Perry said, when asked if he would call another special session. "You could surmise that if they want to stay in Albuquerque, that's their choice, but there is work to be done in this state."...

This morning the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported this in their article, "Dewhurst: Senators face "legal options": http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/legislature/6469676.htm While Republicans in Austin were accusing the absent Democrats of shirking their duty, one senator in Albuquerque pointed out that the GOP used a similar tactic a decade ago to kill a measure on judicial redistricting. Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, recalled that in 1993, Senate Democrats were pushing a resolution to have state judges elected from Texas House districts rather than running in countywide elections. At the time, the House had a solid Democratic majority while Republicans were winning countywide elections in...

July 28, 2003, 3:08PM Texas Democrats bolt again By CLAY ROBISON Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle AUSTIN -- An unknown number of Democratic state senators abruptly left the state Capitol this afternoon after learning that Gov. Rick Perry planned to immediately call a second special session on congressional redistricting. One Democratic senator who asked not to be named, told the Chronicle in a phone interview that senators were apparently on their way out of town. "I have no idea where we're going. I just know in a little bit we will be out of pocket," the senator said. He would not...

Bruce Catton’s The Army of The Potomac Volume Two “Glory Road” Chapter Three “Revival”, (Men who are Greatly in Earnest) Doubleday and Company Inc. Copyright 1952 Page 123, para 1 So when the Democratic majority in the Indiana Legislature (1863) prepared to wittle down Indiana’s part in the war, Morton (governor) had his cue. The immediate issue was the bill which would take control of all military matters... out of the hands of the governor and vest it in a board of hand-picked Democrates. ... He could of course veto the bill, but the Indiana constitution contained an oddity, a...