Fitzgerald: WI Dem Senators will not be allowed to vote in committees

[1776Forever]

Sen. Fitzgerald, Senate Majority Leader Email re: Senate Democrat voting privileges in standing committees
3/14/2011

From: Sen.Fitzgerald

Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:52 PM
To: *Legislative Senate Republicans
Subject: Senate Democrat voting privileges in standing committees

http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=230087

Dear Members,

With the return of the Senate Democrats this weekend, questions have arisen regarding Democrat members’ participation in Senate standing committee public hearings and executive sessions.

Please note that all 14 Democrat senators are still in contempt of the Senate. Therefore, when taking roll call votes on amendments and bills during executive sessions, Senate Democrats’ votes will not be reflected in the Records of Committee Proceedings or the Senate Journal. 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.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact my office.

Thank you,

Scott Fitzgerald
Senate Majority Leader
13th Senate District

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Can someone please tell me how they manage to make up their own rules as they go along?

:wtf:

[midnight]

1. This doesn't sound like Wisconsin is open for business or anything that

resembles business....

[highplainsdem]

2. Illegal. I've posted these links in the 3 previous topics about this, may as well post them here:

http://www.forwardlookout.com/2011/03/can-they-really-hold-senators-in-contempt/9616

http://law.justia.com/codes/wisconsin/2010/13/13.26.html

The 14 Democratic senators couldn't legally be held in contempt in the first place. None of this is legal.

[1776Forever]

4. Thank you - What do you think it will take to break this gridlock? Will it be waiting for the Repub

Senators to be recalled to do it or something else? I have no idea but it is so disturbing.

[movonne]

11. Maybe tar a feathering them...I think this is a war of the corporations

in the big take over of this country..and if we don't fight back by any means it take we will lose this country and say hello nazi germany..

[Ellipsis]

5. WIth Lester Pines on this I am for one breathing a sigh of heavy relief

He is one damn good pit bull of a defense attorney, One of the best in the mid-west.

[Buenaventura]

3. i've been thoroughly disenfranchised - and i've been hoping

that this battle would remain peaceful. but if i've no voice and no representation, perhaps it will not.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Republicans get so pissy when someone calls them out on their bullshit.

[snappyturtle]

7. That's outrageous! nt

[Blue Owl]

8. Well isn't this special.

Republicans are now deciding who can vote.

Can we get those recall signatures, PRONTO???

[Peregrine Took]

9. No more trips to Door Co. or Milwaukee for us.

And I was just beginning to relent as Milwaukee has some fantastic restaurants as does Door Co.

'Will have to wait til after Walker is booted out to go up there and open our wallets.

[Generic Brad]

10. Why do they think they can keep making shit up as they go?

:wtf:

[dgauss]

12. Go ahead Fitzgerald and just keep pissing off the people of Wisconsin.

I think the recall effort is doing just fine but I appreciate your help.