Yes, and Harry Reid wants to remove the filibuster in the US Senate. The last debated bill???? Obamacare... Late into the night in the cloak of darkness.
Dems do their best work there.

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blisslady - of all the people to tell others to tell others to get facts straight. You are one of the biggest posters of false information out here...let me restate that. Sorry, please leave out the "one of" in my last statement. The bottom line is that the Republicans cannot allow fair play and honest debate or they would cease to exist. No intelligent person would ever buy what they are trying to sell.

I see I forgot the link so here it is:
http://www.merkley.senate.gov/newsroom/p...

MikeF

Sounds reasonable.

fordfan

The purpose is NOT to stop debate, just to prevent the all night sessions, get your facts straight.

bill - here is a link to a discussion of the US Senate proposal from one of its sponsors. Different issue from what the Wisconsin Assembly is proposing. The Wisconsin proposal is to stop debate since the Republican's have complete control again (thanks to Gerrymandering that we all got the bill for - I had to pay the bill that caused me to lose my rights).

Here's an idea, session automatically recesses at 8pm unless a supermajority votes to extend it...to 9pm. No additional extensions allowed. Reconvene at 10am the next day.
That should make both sides happy because it will allow the "part time" legislators to go home and eat/rest/spend time with family and it will also allow proper debate on any matter to happen. There are very, very few cases where immediate action is required and it cannot wait until morning.

I see the usual partisans objecting to this rule change. A few more will weigh in soon, no doubt.

I could swear I saw some of these same people saying that the Democrats in the U.S. Senate should change the rules to curtail debates there. (I.E.- the filibuster) Our local partisan Democrats, not unlike the national type, are proving once again that in their opinion of what fairness is, what's good for the goose should be prohibited to the gander.

Mouse....caps lock key off please. No need to scream like a child. It's "their" bank accounts, not "there" bank accounts. You're welcome:)

Badgerlvr......They will probably be saying the same things as they did when the Democrats were pushing the same sort of things when they had control of the state's government.........don't you think?

"curtailing debate late into the night"

NOT "curtailing debate".

this was OK when the Repubs were the minority, but now the Dems are the minority, and the Repubs want it changed...first the redistricting, now this...what's next? I really wish they would all punch a time clock...

I don't remember them allowing debate anyway. It was all decided in caucus.

Try as they may, Conservatives won't be in power forever. I wonder what they'll say when the shoe is on the other foot?

Maybe it they were in session more than 50 some days a year this wouldn't be a problem.

coyote When it benefits them and is not a benefit to others of course they like it. Again they push the agenda that benefits them

And they say conservatives don't like change.