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Igel

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5. This special session expires, another's called.

Reply to J_William_Ryan (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:56 PM

Aug 9

They all have to report. *That* can have consequences.

They break quorum. The special session runs out.

Another's called. Rinse. Repeat.

Then the question has to become: Abbot/(R) places redistricting first, as (D) clamor for some of the other reasons for the special session to be fulfilled and then shut down business so that nothing happens.

At what point is the concession of taking care of the (R)s' first order of business worth accomplishing the other things that we find desirable?

Which boils down to, "Can we win the PR battle that says we'd have done good, but had to shut everything down to prevent an even greater evil"?

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