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They caught one! Holy cow I would have never imagined that a sort of "philibuster by absence" would lead to this.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86773,00.html Tuesday, May 13, 2003 AUSTIN — A state trooper has arrested a missing Texas House Democrat and returned her to the Capitol. News Eight Austin reports the trooper from the Texas Department of Public Safety captured state Rep. Helen Giddings (search) this morning. It reported the trooper approached the Dallas Democrat as she was getting into her car at her Austin apartment. She later said she had asked to be allowed to drive to the Capitol in her own car, but the trooper refused and arrested her. She has been missing from the House since House Democrats began a boycott of House proceedings yesterday. While she wasn't among the 53 Democrats who signed an absence notice, she said she was absent in support of the 53. Fifty-six House Democrats are now missing as the boycott continues to deny the body a quorum and block any legislative action. The boycott began yesterday, when a Republican-backed congressional redistricting bill was set for debate.
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I applaud any politician who fights to keep any law from passing. Like, THORFINN, I think we'd be well-served to pay them to sit home -- like the other bums.
Again, it's political genius. Unless the deadline (self-imposed) is removed (which will require a NEW vote), the passage of time will kill the bill. A little like a pocket veto in a weird sense. THose of you who are angered by congressmen who don't show up for congressional sessions should be forewarned: DO NOT WATCH CSPAN. |
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Wonder what grounds they arrested her on?...from the way I heard it reported, there was nothing the government could do legally if the representatives wanted to run away. I notice the article didn't specify charges
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It was simply an instance where the margin of victory was less than the margin of error. And the Supreme Court didn't say FL got it right, but rather that its prolonging of the process and ad-hoc recounts were even more wrong than the first count, and that we had to accept what we had as the best we could muster. [ 05-13-2003, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ] |
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