Media celebrated years ago when Democrats skipped out on their jobs:
Texas House paralyzed by Democratic walkout
Redistricting at issue
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/13/texas.legislature/
Kate. Down herself participated in such a walkout.
Incidentally, 2A activist Rob Taylor just called for SEn. Brian Boquist(R) to have his firearms removed from him, following his comments about “sending heavily armed bachelors” to arrest him. Boquist’s inaction in the matter of getting Orehon’s red flag law is at issue.