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Wisconsin Republicans vote to strip public worker collective bargaining rights without Dems
I don't know if they're cowards, they just risked a massive recall to carry out the agenda of a few billionaire GOP supporters...
I'd say they're just dumb cheeseheads.
MADISON, Wis. — 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."
I don't know if they're cowards, they just risked a massive recall to carry out the agenda of a few billionaire GOP supporters...
I'd say they're just dumb cheeseheads.