Wisconsin police search for 14 missing legislators
17th February 2011
To avoid a vote on a proposal to limit collective bargaining rights in the state of Wisconsin, 14 legislators have fled the state, to an undisclosed location. I am not sure if there is a precedent for this. The reason they crossed state lines was to dodge the Wisconsin police
February 18th, 2011 at 11:13
There is precedent. Democrats in the Texas state legislature pulled the same stunt over redistricting a few years ago.