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Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 01:33 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 15 March 2011 12:29
From JSOnline.com:
In a sign GOP lawmakers are still smarting from the recent exodus of Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) told his caucus Monday that Democrats can’t vote in committee because they remain in contempt of the Senate.
“They are free to attend hearings, listen to testimony, debate legislation, introduce amendments, and cast votes to signal their support/opposition, but those votes will not count, and will not be recorded,” Fitzgerald wrote his colleagues.
The Democrats fled to Illinois last month to avoid voting on a bill to curtail collective bargaining for most public employees. The bill passed without them last week, and Senate Democrats returned to the Capitol on Saturday.
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