▁legisl ative ▁red istrict ing , ▁and ▁Democr ats ▁did ▁the ▁same ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁Governor ▁Mitch ▁Daniel s ▁stated ▁that ▁while ▁he ▁supported ▁the ▁legisl ation , ▁he ▁believed ▁the ▁Republican ▁law m akers ▁should ▁drop ▁the ▁bill ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁election ▁platform ▁and ▁des erved ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁public ▁debate . ▁Republic ans ▁subsequently ▁dropped ▁the ▁bill , ▁but ▁the ▁Democratic ▁law m akers ▁still ▁refused ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁capital , ▁demand ing ▁additional ▁b ills ▁be ▁table d , ▁including ▁a ▁bill ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁state wide ▁school ▁v ouch er ▁program . ▁Their ▁ref us al ▁to ▁return ▁left ▁the ▁Indiana ▁General ▁Assembly ▁unable ▁to ▁pass ▁any ▁legisl ation . ▁Daniel s ▁was ▁interview ed ▁in ▁February , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁about ▁the ▁similar ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Wisconsin ▁labor ▁protest s ▁in ▁Mad ison . ▁He ▁decl ined ▁to ▁author ize ▁the ▁state ▁police ▁to ▁comp el ▁the ▁legisl ators ▁to ▁return . ▁While ▁supporting ▁the ▁Wisconsin ▁Republic ans , ▁he ▁stated ▁that ▁in ▁Indiana ▁" we ' re ▁not ▁in ▁quite ▁the ▁same ▁position ▁or ▁advoc ating ▁quite ▁the ▁same ▁things ▁they ▁are ▁up ▁in ▁Mad ison ." ▁ ▁The ▁minor ity ▁leader , ▁Patrick ▁B auer , ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁state house ▁March ▁ 3 ▁to ▁negoti ate ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁the ▁minor ity ▁members , ▁detail ing ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁b ills ▁they ▁wanted ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁ag enda . ▁House