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To: JohnM who wrote (6621)	9/3/2003 1:26:13 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793629

As the article points out, time is on the Republican side. One of Texas 11 Seeks an Exit Plan By Edward Walsh Washington Post The first crack has appeared in the solidarity of the Texas 11, the fugitive band of Democratic state senators who fled to New Mexico in July to block passage of a Republican-sponsored congressional redistricting plan. State Sen. John Whitmire quietly left Albuquerque last Thursday and spent the long Labor Day weekend at his home in Houston. He rejoined his 10 colleagues in New Mexico yesterday, but not before signaling that he thinks it's time they all go home. "We're approaching the time where any additional time in New Mexico is counterproductive," Whitmire told reporters in Houston. "I will discuss with my colleagues that we need an exit plan and we need it now." Whitmire's comments underscored the biggest advantage Republicans have in the redistricting standoff: Time is on their side. The 11 Democrats have spent more than a month away from their families, friends and regular jobs. They are staying at an Albuquerque hotel and have said they are paying their own bills. Although the second of two special 30-day legislative sessions ended Aug. 26 without action on the redistricting plan, the Democrats fear that if they return to Texas, Gov. Rick Perry (R) will call a third special session and order them arrested and forced to report to the Capitol in Austin. The Democrats left Texas to deprive the state Senate of the two-thirds quorum necessary to conduct business. They did so after GOP officials announced they were dropping a longstanding Senate tradition requiring a two-thirds vote to debate any new legislation. House Democrats resorted to the same tactic during the regular legislative session in May. The Republican redistricting plan could lead to a gain of five or more seats for the GOP in the state's delegation to the U.S. House. It would replace district lines that were drawn by a panel of federal judges in 2001 after the legislature deadlocked over the issue. washingtonpost.com

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