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Have a budget surplus, now, there is, in fact, a $137 million budget shortfall. republican governor scott walker, coincidentally, has given away $140 million worth of business tax breaks since he came into office. hey, wait. thats about exactly the size of the shortfall. what is happening in wisconsin right now has absolutely nothing to do with public workers. the headline here, the way this keeps getting shorthanded, is workers angry after state is forced by budget crisis to crack down. thats n...

That tears at the very fabric of the state of wisconsin and is not the right way to go. >> if the republicans refuse to negotiate, if there isnt major changes to the legislation, does this go on indefinitely? do you stay out of the state of wisconsin indefinitely, like for the rest of the session, were going to keep them from voting on this? how does this end? >> all right. well, its a good question. june 30th is actually the date to keep an eye on. june 30th is when our budget ends, so this bud...

Head into sessions today. we had a fistful of amendments to try and make a lousy bill a little bit better and it became very clear to us that the republican leadership wasnt going to consider the amendments, certainly not pass any of the amendments. and we were left with just this option on the table. governor walker introduced this legislation late friday afternoon of last week, and now he wants it to be law this week and its making sweeping changes in the state of wisconsin. and youre right, t...

Head into sessions today. we had a fistful of amendments to try and make a lousy bill a little bit better and it became very clear to us that the republican leadership wasnt going to consider the amendments, certainly not pass any of the amendments. and we were left with just this option on the table. governor walker introduced this legislation late friday afternoon of last week, and now he wants it to be law this week and its making sweeping changes in the state of wisconsin. and youre right, t...

Willing to do, we want to bust your union. that tears at the very fabric of the state of wisconsin and is not the right way to go. >> if the republicans refuse to negotiate, if there isnt major changes to the legislation, does this go on indefinitely? do you stay out of the state of wisconsin indefinitely, like for the rest of the session, were going to keep them from voting on this? how does this end? >> all right. well, its a good question. june 30th is actually the date to keep an eye on. jun...

Your union. that tears at the very fabric of the state of wisconsin and is not the right way to go. >> if the republicans refuse to negotiate, if there isnt major changes to the legislation, does this go on indefinitely? do you stay out of the state of wisconsin indefinitely, like for the rest of the session, were going to keep them from voting on this? how does this end? >> right. well, its a good question. june 30th is actually the date to keep an eye on. june 30th is when our budget ends, so ...

We were perfectly willing to head into sessions today. we had a fistful of amendments to try and make a lousy bill a little bit better and it became very clear to us that the republican leadership wasnt going to consider the amendments, certainly not pass any of the amendments. and we were left with just this option on the table. governor walker introduced this legislation late friday afternoon of last week, and now he wants it to be law this week and its making sweeping changes in the state of ...

Have a budget surplus, now, there is, in fact, a $137 million budget shortfall. republican governor scott walker, coincidentally, has given away $140 million worth of business tax breaks since he came into office. hey, wait. thats about exactly the size of the shortfall. what is happening in wisconsin right now has absolutely nothing to do with public workers. the headline here, the way this keeps getting shorthanded, is workers angry after state is forced by budget crisis to crack down. thats n...

It is about politics. it is about who wins the next election and the elections after that. thats whats going on right now in wisconsin. this is about the survival of the democratic party. there are parts of the story that actually dont make any sense unless you understand that. one thing that doesnt make sense, wisconsins republican governor, this guy scott walker has proposed essentially dismantling all the unions for everybody who works for the government, right, thats what this is all about, ...

Have a budget surplus, now, there is, in fact, a $137 million budget shortfall. republican governor scott walker, coincidentally, has given away $140 million worth of business tax breaks since he came into office. hey, wait. thats about exactly the size of the shortfall. what is happening in wisconsin right now has absolutely nothing to do with public workers. the headline here, the way this keeps getting shorthanded, is workers angry after state is forced by budget crisis to crack down. thats n...