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To: Doctor 2Brains

Thats the whole point they do not have a quorum .


12 posted on 02/18/2011 9:25:12 AM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: Walkingfeather

There is a need for a 3/5ths quorum ONLY for tax/appropriations bills. For bills that do not involve Wisc spending money, only a simple majority is needed for a quorum.

All the Repubs need to do is word their bills as non-appropriations bills, pass them, and send them to the Gov for signature. Bills like removing a need for the state to forward union dues is not an appropriation.

People should put pressure on the Repub senators to declare a quorum for non-fiscal bills and just start passing an agenda rapid-fire. Starting with making Wisc a right-to-work state, and passing Vermont-style no-license CCW.


13 posted on 02/18/2011 9:26:33 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: Walkingfeather

The whole point is that do not NEED a F’ing quorum for non-appropriations bills.


14 posted on 02/18/2011 9:26:33 AM PST by myself6
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To: Walkingfeather

My understanding is that the quorum rules apply only to spending bills. Am I wrong?


16 posted on 02/18/2011 9:30:05 AM PST by Doctor 2Brains (If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
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