Confirming earlier reports that Indiana House Democrats have left the statehouse to prevent Republicans from stripping away collective bargaining rights for workers, Indiana's Democratic Chair Dan Parker says that:
"Republicans have decided to bring their Wisconsin assault to Indiana, and we're not going to just sit around and take it," Parker told me, confirming that Dems went "into caucus last night and they remain in caucus today." That phrase means they are "not returning to the floor," he said.
"I have been in contact with some of them, and they are not going to allow Republicans to try to lower wages for middle-class Hoosiers," Parker continued, adding that he didn't know if they'd left the state yet. [...]
"They will stay in caucus until these bills are removed from the agenda," Parker vowed. "They are not coming back."
Booyah!
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