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In reply to the discussion: Texas Supreme Court rules quorum-breaking Democrats can be arrested, returned to House chamber [View all]Texas House members only make a few thousand dollars per year. It's a part-time job and almost all of them have other things that they need to be doing (and that's before we even count being away from their families and communities).
If it were just a week or two - or even a month, that would be one thing. But the governor has the power to call one session after another for as long as he wants to. So "all" they have to do is stay away from their homes/families/careers for... six months? A year?
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Texas Supreme Court rules quorum-breaking Democrats can be arrested, returned to House chamber [View all]
SouthBayDem
Aug 2021
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But...bipartisanship! Reaching across the aisle! Looking forward, not back! /sarc
NullTuples
Aug 2021
#16
I get that! But I am saying roadblocks do thwart a Democrat from getting in.
Smackdown2019
Aug 2021
#48
As each House provides but I do not see where it gives the power to them to issue a warrant
cstanleytech
Aug 2021
#20
You think its time on the federal side of this small d democratic country should
turbinetree
Aug 2021
#15
Question: what would the legal basis be for ignoring an extradition request?
brooklynite
Aug 2021
#39
The key to this question is understanding what "extradition" and "arrest" mean
FBaggins
Aug 2021
#46
This should now be appealed before the federal courts as its an issue where one of the Houses
cstanleytech
Aug 2021
#21
I never said I claimed to support that action and in fact I did not even though
cstanleytech
Aug 2021
#30
To paraphrase that genocidal madman Andrew Jackson: "The Texas SC made its decision
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2021
#40