What's a Quorum? 25 Investigates

PLANE TOWASHINGTON?THE LAWMAKERS FELT THEHAD NO CHOICE BUT TO USETHAT ONE LITTLE MANEUVERTHAT STOPS THE CLOCK...DENYING THE LEADERSHIP, AQUORUM.WHAT'S A QUORUM?GLAD YOU ASKED.ITS THE MINIMUMNUMBER OF PEOPLENEEDED TO TAKE ALEGAL ACTION, LIKEPASSING A LAW.LOTS OFORGANIZATIONS SETHE NUMBER REQUIREDFOR A QUORUM IN THEIRBY-LAWS.IN THE TEXAS SENATWHICH HAS 31MEMBERS, THEY NEEDAT LEAST 20 TO GET THEJOB DONE.THAT'S 2/3OVER IN THE HOUSE, ABODY OF 150 MEMBERSTHEY NEED, AGAIN, 2/3OR 100 PEOPLE.ANY LESS THAN THAT,DOES NOT CONSTITUTEA LEGAL TEXASLEGISLATURE.NOW, THE LEADERSHIPAND ADMINISTRATIONCAN ORDER THEIRARREST AND FORCETHEM BACK TO WORK,BUT ONLY IF THEY STAYWITHIN THE FRIENDLYCONFINES AF TEXAS.SO, RUNNING OF TOTHEM THAR HILLS, PUTA STOP TO JUST ABOUTEVERYTHING... FORNOW.WHILE DEMOCRATS SATHEY STAND ONPRINCIPLE... IF THISDRAGS ON WITHNOTHING DONE, SOEXPERTS SAY, IT COULDBACKFIRE ON THEM.GOV.

ABBOTT -"REPRESENTATIVEGOODWIN,REPRESENTATIVETELLARICO,WIENER, AND SO, IFTHEY DO NOT RETURNAND GET BACK TOWORK THEY ARERISKING LOSING THEIRJOBS AS STATEREPRESENTATIVE."FIGURING THAT VOTERSWOULD SEND THEPACKING BECAUSENOTHING WAS GETTINGDONE.BUT AT LEAST, WETAXPAYERS DO A SMABENEFIT,... WITH THESESSIONS HALTED... WEDON'T HAVE TO PAYTHEM"I THOUGHT THE GOVERNORDID EXACTLY RIGHT BYWITHHOLDING THEIR PAY,BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOTGONNA WORK, WHY GETPAID?."THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS,MOST PLACES.SINCE NO LAWMAKERS IKNOW DEPEND ON THELEGISLATIVE PAY TO PAYRENT, WITHHOLDING THEIR200 BUCKS A DAY SPENDINGMONEY HAS ONLY LIMITEDIMPACT.BUT THE GOVERNOR HASOTHER TOOLS AS HDISPOSAL, WHAT DOOMMIGHT GREG ABBOTT HAVEPLANNED FOR THEDEMOCRAT RUNAWAYS...?THE ANSWER TO THATQUESTION... COMING UP AT 6.DENNIS TURNER 25 NEWSLET'S GET A CHECK ONYOUR FIRST ALERT 25FORECAST