The Occasional Observer

It has been days since the GOP took control of the NY State Senate. Nothing has been done since. Nothing. For days, the Senate Secretary, appointed by the now ousted Dem Majority leader, refused to unlock the chamber. Then, they witheld the use of the stenographer.

The Democrats have shut down the New York State legislature. I don't understand why it's not being reported as a "government shutdown." The press was in an uproar when Newt threatened to do this back in the '90s. Now the Dems actually have done it, and there are a bunch of ambiguous reports about why the Senate can't get it's act together, as if the the new GOP majority likes sitting around and doing nothing as much as the Dems who are trying to stall them out.