Bosma threatens fines for boycotting Dems
By TOM LoBIANCO January 17, 2012 5:30PM
House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman, file)
Updated: January 17, 2012 11:02PM
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana House speaker is threatening to impose $1,000 fines starting Wednesday on Democratic legislators who’ve been boycotting over the right-to-work bill.
Republican Speaker Brian Bosma said Tuesday that Democratic leader Patrick Bauer had broken his word to have his members on the House floor to start debating and voting on proposed amendments to the bill. Bosma says that he will gavel the House to order Wednesday morning to start the debate — and will act to start fining legislators who aren’t present.
Bauer says that most Democrats won’t show up. He says Republicans are playing tricks with the attempt by Democrats to seek a statewide voter referendum on the proposal. That comes after state lawyers determined that the referendum wouldn’t be constitutional.
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