Indiana Republican Official: No Compromise With Absent Democrats On GOP Proposals

Indiana Republican Official: No Compromise With Absent Democrats On GOP Proposals

INDIANAPOLIS — A political stalemate in Indiana showed no signs of ending anytime soon as House Democrats met privately Wednesday in an out-of-state hotel and Republicans refused to negotiate away their legislative agenda to lure them back.

While the tactic mimicked one used a week earlier by Senate Democrats in Wisconsin who fled to delay a vote on an anti-union bill, the Indiana Democrats said their protest was not about one GOP-backed proposal but a slate of them. In both states, Democrats don't have the votes to defeat the proposals, but by not showing up they can prevent the required quorum necessary to call the measures for a vote... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/24/indiana-republican-offici_n_827580.html

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