Texas Democratic Lawmakers Continue Exile

August 15. 2003 4:49AM

Texas Democratic Lawmakers Continue Exile

By APRIL CASTRO
Associated Press Writer


AUSTIN, Texas - With a band of Democratic lawmakers refusing to end their self-imposed exile, Republicans are considering a new piece of arm-twisting: Yanking the rebels' parking spaces, cell phones and other privileges.

Eleven Democratic senators have stayed at an Albuquerque, N.M., hotel since July 29, denying the Texas Senate's Republican majority the quorum it needs to consider a GOP congressional redistricting plan.

Republicans responded earlier this week by imposing fines on the traveling Democrats, starting at $1,000 for Thursday and doubling for each day missed, to a maximum of $5,000 a day.

The GOP senators held a teleconference Thursday to discuss how to collect the fines, and planned to announce their action Friday. (snip/...)

http://www.houmatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030815/APA/308150630

I hope the dems don't pay up. I'd rather see them go to jail than pay those damned fines. Go Texas Dems!! They have more backbone than all the dems in the Senate and Congress!!

We could all "donate" if they are forced to pay out of their pockets. If several hundred of us donated $10 that would help their situation. But still, I'd rather see them REFUSE to pay.

Go Dems!!

:dem:

I mean, passing a resolution to fine a member of the legislature surely takes a quorum, and with the Dems in exile.....

and it's only gonna get more ugly.