They did what Texas Democrats did in 2003 to stop redistricting. I'll admit I wasn't a fan of breaking quorum to stop a legislature from conducting business.
You don't "take your screwing." You fight the legislation on the floor and vote against it. Yes, it may pass anyway. If it does, you make your case to the public about why it's bad and try to persuade them to oust the legislators who did something bad and put you in charge instead. Then you repeal their bad legislation. If breaking quorum and no-showing becomes ok, we basically won't have legislatures and deliberative bodies anymore.
Just flip the parties and the issues. If Democrats did this to kill a major priority of ours that we had the votes to pass, we'd be righteous pissed.
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Last edited: Jun 24, 2019