Carole Migden is one California’s most powerful legislators, and the rules don’t apply to her:
Nobody was surprised that state Sen. Carole Migden voted in favor of her own cosmetics bill. The problem was that she did it in the wrong legislative house.
Toward the end of Wednesday’s floor session, Migden, a San Francisco Democrat, pushed the voting button of a GOP assemblyman who was temporarily away from his desk.
Her action violated Assembly rules and drew an angry response from Republicans.
Midgden declined to speak to the press on the issue; they’re too common.