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...days, 11 Democrats from the Texas senate hid out in New Mexico, blocking the quorum needed to pass a redistricting plan favoring Republicans. Then JOHN WHITMIRE--known as "Boogie" since his partying days--broke ranks, enraging his posse. He plans to show up--thus ensuring a vote can take place--when Governor Rick Perry calls a third special session on redistricting...
...their toothbrushes and at least one acoustic guitar last Sunday and ran away. Without a minimum of two-thirds of the 150 legislators in their seats, a vote can't be held, but a house rule allows the speaker to order the arrest of members trying to thwart a quorum and force them back to their seats. So, like Jesse James heading for the Oklahoma hills to evade Texas Rangers, the Dems waited until the cover of night, then met in small groups at an Embassy Suites parking lot in Austin. With secrecy so tight that only the group leaders...
...members present expressed by a wide margin their sense that the union should adopt a resolution opposing the war, but they lacked the quorum of approximately 300 bodies required to approve a resolution...
...membership is far from balanced—it contains several people who have an explicit pro-living wage agenda and it contains no one with an opposing agenda. Former President Neil L. Rudenstine convinced me to join the committee only by telling me that it would have a quorum of highly principled people who would ensure that its proceedings were fair. Yet, every decision the committee has made suggests otherwise. Just consider the testimony it has heard. Apart from hearing from administrators and contractors who have presented institutional information, it has heard exclusively from groups lobbying for the living wage...
...Gusmorino's worst moment occurred on April 22, when the council contentiously voted to condemn the Progressive Student Labor Movement for its Mass. Hall sit-in. Gusmorino was left exasperated as some council members attempted to disrupt the council's quorum by walking out of the meeting while others tried to stop them...