[justlurking]

Under this resolution, a senator who is absent without leave from two or more session days is subject to a penalty equal to $100 for each day that the senator is absent without leave.

That's not enough.

It has to be large enough that some union's slush fund can't afford to fund it.

I'd prefer $10,000/day, but I'll settle for $1,000/day.

[listenhillary]

Union slush funds would not be able to legally reimburse them for this. It could be a way to send some of them to jail if they try.

[livius]

This is more symbolic than anything else. I think the GOPers know that some of the Dems are essentially being held against their will (talk about party discipline!) and in any case are probably receiving money from elsewere, so they probably don’t want to look as if they’re being harsh on the captive Dems and they know there’s no way they can compete with the union/Obama money that is probably being funneled into the Dems’ bank accounts even as we speak.

It’s a gesture, nothing more. But at least they made a gesture! Normally, the GOP doesn’t even do that much.

[Cheerio]

It has to be large enough that some union's slush fund can't afford to fund it.

The unions and their DEM supporters will afford any amount to make WI stop this madness. If they lose this, their whole charade is in jeopardy as state after state will follow in order to try and get their house in order for the impeding unfunded doom that looms on the horizon.

[scannell]

It also shouldn’t exclude payroll from settlement of dues or at least say that deliquency of 30 days rendered the legislator in “bad standing” unable to cast a vote.

[leapfrog0202]

That’s not enough.

It has to be large enough that some union’s slush fund can’t afford to fund it.

I’d prefer $10,000/day, but I’ll settle for $1,000/day.
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I agree with you!

I read somewhere that the union is legally prevented from paying their expenses while away and any fines levied, but we all know they’ll get around that somehow.

Personally I think the governor should just declare those seats vacant and appoint people to fill them.

[ratsreek]

It should be an amount at least twice what they earn per day based on a 20-day work month, plus the perdiem. I’m thinking that would be somewhere in the $1,000 range you speak of. It’s a good idea, but $100 isn’t enough. Even $500 would be meaningful.

[Postman]

“(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)”

That’s a GOOD tagline for one of our true Heroines!