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The Governor split the bill into pieces that could be passed without a quorum and the bill passed the Wisconsin State Sentate today without the democrats.
Done and Done.
Now the runaway dems can do whatever they want lol! Stay Away or Return it no longer matters.
"MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats.
All 14 Senate Democrats fled to Illinois nearly three weeks ago, preventing the chamber from having enough members present to consider Gov. Scott Walker's so-called "budget repair bill" - a proposal introduced to plug a $137 million budget shortfall.
The Senate requires a quorum to take up any measures that spend money. But Republicans on Wednesday split from the legislation the proposal to curtail union rights, which spends no money, and a special conference committee of state lawmakers approved the bill a short time later.
The lone Democrat present on the conference committee, Rep. Tony Barca, shouted that the surprise meeting was a violation of the state's open meetings law but Republicans voted over his objections. The Senate then convened within minutes and passed it without discussion or debate.
Spectators in the gallery screamed "You are cowards."
Before the sudden votes, Democratic Sens. Bob Jauch said if Republicans "chose to ram this bill through in this fashion, it will be to their political peril. They're changing the rules. They will inflame a very frustrated public.""
America may be saved after all. God Bless Scott Walker.
Now on to recovering the $172.5 Million dollars lost which will come from the personal financial assets and personal property of the runaway democrats. If any of us cost our state $172.5M we would have to pay up or lose everything.
The Governor split the bill into pieces that could be passed without a quorum and the bill passed the Wisconsin State Sentate today without the democrats.
Done and Done.
Now the runaway dems can do whatever they want lol! Stay Away or Return it no longer matters.
"MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats.
All 14 Senate Democrats fled to Illinois nearly three weeks ago, preventing the chamber from having enough members present to consider Gov. Scott Walker's so-called "budget repair bill" - a proposal introduced to plug a $137 million budget shortfall.
The Senate requires a quorum to take up any measures that spend money. But Republicans on Wednesday split from the legislation the proposal to curtail union rights, which spends no money, and a special conference committee of state lawmakers approved the bill a short time later.
The lone Democrat present on the conference committee, Rep. Tony Barca, shouted that the surprise meeting was a violation of the state's open meetings law but Republicans voted over his objections. The Senate then convened within minutes and passed it without discussion or debate.
Spectators in the gallery screamed "You are cowards."
Before the sudden votes, Democratic Sens. Bob Jauch said if Republicans "chose to ram this bill through in this fashion, it will be to their political peril. They're changing the rules. They will inflame a very frustrated public.""
America may be saved after all. God Bless Scott Walker.
Now on to recovering the $172.5 Million dollars lost which will come from the personal financial assets and personal property of the runaway democrats. If any of us cost our state $172.5M we would have to pay up or lose everything.
Its kind of a surprise isn't it? I was reading about some compromise last night that didn't sound good. This is a great development.