FLASHBACK: Texas Dems Fled State In 2003 To Block GOP Re-Redistricting Plan

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/flashback-texas-dems-fled-state-in-2003-to-block-discriminatory-gop-gerrymandering.php?ref=fpi

As you've probably heard, Wisconsin state Democratic senators are playing hooky to create legislative gridlock and block governor Scott Walker's attempt to roll back public worker rights.

Republican Senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald countered by dispatching the Sergeant at Arms and the state police to round up Democrats-on-the-lam and herd them back to the Capitol.

Except they're nowhere to be found -- and many of them have reportedly crossed state lines, leaving Fitzgerald powerless.

If you feel like you've seen this all before, it's because you have.

(more at link)


Texas House paralyzed by Democratic walkout
http://articles.cnn.com/2003-05-13/politics/texas.legislature_1_house-speaker-tom-craddick-democratic-walkout-texas-house?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS

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