Crafty gov plans to slip through other bills while Dems are away
(NEWSER) - Call it the unfillibuster. Wisconsin Democrats still holed up in an Illinois hotel didn't turn tail and run out on a state bill vote slashing pay and rights for state workers—they exercised a political strategy, which they have every right to do, they argue. "For all of us who left the state, we believe we're standing up for democracy," said State Senator Juli Lassa , who is six months pregnant. Defense of the Dems, who are blocking the vote by denying the legislature a necessary quorum , followed Gov. Scott Walker's criticism that they're "hiding out." If "you want to participate in democracy, you've got to be in the arena, and the arena is right here in Madison," he told Fox News yesterday . More»
