{"id":866,"date":"2007-05-28T03:49:09","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php\/index.php\/2007\/05\/28\/a-law-unto-themselves\/"},"modified":"2007-05-28T03:49:09","modified_gmt":"2007-05-28T09:49:09","slug":"a-law-unto-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=866","title":{"rendered":"A Law Unto Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DFL’s mad rush to finish the session – and jam through extra tax and spending bills by whatever means necessary – drew criticism from at least one media figure; Larry Schumacher of the St. Cloud Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The last two hours of debate on the floor of the House of Representatives made me nauseous and angry.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Democrats’ decision to run roughshod over the GOP minority to finish on time was within the rules, but I know it was wrong.<\/p>\n

House Republicans were stalling, running the clock out to force a special session. Many of them believed House Democrats would take the blame if the people’s work didn’t get done on time.<\/p>\n

That was just as wrong. But Democrats’ poor clock management over the last week gave Republicans that power. They didn’t see until too late that they were never going to agree 100 percent with Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and they waited until Monday to press ahead when they could’ve been finishing up over the weekend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gary from Let Freedom Ring responds<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The DFL also held up the most important bills to the last second in an attempt for them to pressure GOP legislators. They gambled that they could create a chaos that would lead some GOP legislators to jump ship. They gambled wrong.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s also examine the consequences of the legislation that the DFL passed:<\/p>\n