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Can someone on ST explain to me this whole "politicians fleeing the state" thing? -- nm

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Feb 24 '11, 09:31

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Thanks. Forgot about quorum. Thought it had something to do with party representation. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 09:38
Kind of a more dramatic form of the filibuster. - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 09:34 2
- Wow, that was a rather even-handed assessment of it. I'm surprisingly impressed. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 24, 09:35 1
  - Thanks! - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 09:41
Legislature needs a quorum in order to do business, this prevents it - znufrii Feb 24, 09:34
Dereliction of duty. - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 24, 09:33 14
- But remember... obstruction in the name of supporting unions isn't really obstruction. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 24, 09:39 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Feb 24, 09:40
- The opposite, really. -- nm - Spawn Feb 24, 09:34 11
  - It's the political equivalent to taking your ball and going home because you're going to lose the game. -- nm - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 24, 09:39 9
    - They could stay and filibuster--but who wants to listen to that?? :) -- nm - Amy Feb 24, 09:43 4
      - Oh, most people wouldn't, but I'd give them a lot of credit for doing so! -- nm - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 24, 09:49
      - I wish for once that the people that threaten fillibusters would actually do it. - Strongbad Feb 24, 09:44 2
        
        There are lots of clips on youtube. -- nm - Amy Feb 24, 09:48
        
        phone book! phone book! -- nm - znufrii Feb 24, 09:45
    - actually from what the Dem. Leader said, they had the bill rammed down their throat with no publicity and less than 4 days to deal with it - decline Feb 24, 09:41 1
      - So if they'd had two weeks to review it they'd not have left? - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 24, 09:45
    - moreso than just losing the game, it would break the board and scatter the pieces. -- nm - znufrii Feb 24, 09:41
    - Or supporting the unions. -- nm - Spawn Feb 24, 09:39
  - ~ Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin ~ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 09:35
They can't vote on bills unless there is a quorum. Because the 14 Dem's are not there they do not have it and so nothing can happen -- nm - decline Feb 24, 09:33
Avoiding voting. -- nm - Spawn Feb 24, 09:32

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