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  • Despite 'no regrets,' Cullen says practice of leaving the state could destroy Senate

    03/21/2011 8:21:46 AM PDT · by bigbob · 31 replies
    Wispolitics dot com ^ | 3/21/2011 | WisPolitics
    State Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville (left), says he proposed a constitutional amendment partly to prevent others from stalling legislation as Senate Dems did last month and partly as an olive branch to Republicans upset over the tactic. The amendment would remove a 20-member quorum requirement for fiscal bills. Cullen, along with the 13 other Senate Dems, fled to Illinois last month to prevent a vote on a budget repair bill that stripped nearly all collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Cullen, a former Senate majority leader, said he fears they have now set a precedent whereby the practice could...