re: #5 albusteve

a whole new way to govern…leave town!
I’m not sure what to think about that, but the results in this case hearten me…the political landscape is changing fast

Ain’t new, just uncommon. See, for example, the story of Representative Abraham Lincoln trying to escape the state assemblyhouse through a window.

Quorum-busting, like a filibuster, is an extreme tool. Unlike the modern fililbuster, however, it is politically much riskier to participants.