By Micah Clark
| “It’s Just a Distraction”
It is day 31 of the legislative walkout at the Indiana House of Representatives. This is significant in that it breaks a record for being the longest state legislative walkout in US history breaking a 30-day Texas record. It is hardly a record of honor however. The shutdown has impacted hundreds of bills and is threatening even the constitutional requirement of passing a budget and the redrawing of legislative districts. This morning as I entered the State House, hundreds of union workers were once again filing into the capitol with signs, banners, horns and whistles. The House Republicans are trying to resurrect old laws going back to the reconstruction era that make it a minor crime to leave your elected duties. When asked by the South Bend Tribune for a reaction to this effort to bring back the AWOL House Democrats and to prevent this kind of shutdown from happening again, Minority leader Patrick Bauer said it was a distraction from the issues. I wonder if the voters will see it as just a distraction in 2012. That seems to be the question many are asking. Will the voters remember the shutdown? If so, will they reward this behavior or hold it accountable with how they vote for State Representative next time around? Read the rest of this entry » |
Tags: Indiana House of Representatives, Marriage Protection Amendment, Pat Bauer
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