![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Our story so far:
So democracy is working, with its checks and balances; good.
*The other two were senators.
(ETA: fixed link)
The MN legislature approved a transportation spending bill. Governor Pawlenty vetoed the bill. The legislature overrode the veto - the first time this has happened during Pawlenty's term. Crucial to the override were eight republican legislators who broke with the party line to vote in the best interests of their constituents.
So democracy is working, with its checks and balances; good.
Then Pawlenty throws a hissy fit and GOP House Minority Leader Marty Seifert takes the leadership positions away from the six Republican representatives* who voted to override Gov. Pawlenty's veto of the transportation funding bill.
What about this is fair, right, or just? Hell, I'm not even certain it's constitutional.
*The other two were senators.
(ETA: fixed link)
