(WI) Republicans propose fines for absent lawmakers

Two Republicans in the state Legislature are shopping around a bill that would allow constituents to fine their legislators for missing work. The legislation – called the Accountability to Constituents Act – would only apply to prolonged, unexcused absences, such as when lawmakers, like 14 Senate Democrats did earlier this earlier, flee the state to stall pending legislation.

State Sen. Frank Lasee (R-De Pere), a former state representative elected to the state senate last year, and State Rep. Tyler August (R-Walworth), a freshman, are seeking co-sponsors for the bill, according to a statement they released last week.

The Democrats fled Wisconsin for Illinois for three weeks in late February and early March in an attempt to block passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s Budget Repair Bill, which, if put into effect, would limit the collective bargaining rights of most public employee unions in the state.

By leaving the state, the Democrats disrupted the two-thirds “supermajority” required to pass budget items. The Republican majority, one seat short of meeting the quorum requirement, removed fiscal items from the bill and passed the union restrictions. The Democrats returned shortly thereafter. The legislation is still being fought in court.


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to repeal Walker's bills.

they have plenty of time to dream up legislation that has nothing to do with running the state,creating jobs,and protecting the environment.