GOP lawmaker distracted by Facebook accidentally OKs Calif. budget

A Republican lawmaker accidentally cast his party's first vote for the California budget in years because he was distracted by Facebook. 

Assemblyman Scott Wilk was the sole Republican to vote for California's record $117.5 billion spending plan Monday. 

The Santa Clarita lawmaker later clarified he accidentally supported the bill in the Capitol while opposing it on Facebook. He posted on Twitter "My wife is right -- I can't multitask!" 

California's budget is being negotiated between Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders. They have yet to reach a final deal. 

Wilk's blunder won't show up on the official legislative record because the Assembly allows lawmakers to change their official votes. 

He did so after session ended, receiving applause from fellow Republicans and boos from Democrats.

Via: Fox News

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California Legislature Passes Bill To Jerry Brown To Prevent Arrests Of Illegals

Assembly sends Jerry Brown bill to protect illegal immigrants

The Assembly Friday passed and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown legislation that would prohibit law enforcement officers from detaining undocumented immigrants for federal authorities when they are released from criminal custody, unless they have a history of serious or violent crime.

"This is a bill that speaks to humanity," Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, said at the close of a heated floor debate on his bill, Assembly Bill 1081.

He and other Democrats said it's aimed at preventing otherwise non-threatening immigrants to go about with their lives without fear of deportation, while Republicans argued that the effect would be to give criminally inclined illegal immigrants a sanctuary.

The 44-23 vote to send the measure to Brown was strictly along party lines, although some members of both parties declined to vote.

Via Sacramento Bee

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