Democrats in the House of Representatives continue to boycott legislature for the 31 th consecutive day that House Speaker Brian Bosma said, making it the longest strike at the state legislature in modern U.S. history.
Union supporters in the hallway outside the House chamber welcomed the announcement Bosma, but the Indianapolis Republican was not laughing.
"It's exciting to some," he said from the rostrum of the speaker, "not for the taxpayers of this state whose business is not done today."
House Democrats exceeded the 30-day boycott of the Texas Democrats held in 2003 - the longest legislative boycott in recent history - but they actually have a long way to go before they reach the all-time national record.
In 1924, Republicans in Rhode Island General Assembly left the legislature and has remained in Massachusetts for six months.
Bosma and House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, had every reason for optimism on Wednesday that the deadlock in Indiana will not reach this point.
Most House Democrats remained in Urbana, Illinois, a hotel that has been their base since leaving the state on Feb. 22, but Bauer has returned to the Statehouse.
He and Bosma met behind closed doors, after the two attended another meeting with the leaders of the Senate. They are both characterized the talks as a positive step forward, although it remains unclear whether the two sides are close to an end a deadlock.
Bauer said it is unlikely that Democrats will be back in the Statehouse today. He planned to return Wednesday at Urbana, to talk with representatives there about his conversations with Republicans.
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