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Show." breaking news tonight, wisconsin senate republicans have voted 18-1 to strip wisconsin public employees of their collective bargaining rights. there were no democrats present for the vote. before republicans decided to act alone tonight, democratic assemblyman minority leader peter barka made a last-ditch effort to stop them. he was ignored. >> the opening mets laws must be con screwed in favor of the fullness and -- >> mr. barca -- representative barca. >> call roll. >> no, no, listen. i...

Happens, gentlemen, it appears that stripping collective bargaining rights away from wisconsin workers is now on the fast track, because of the republicans. mr. barca, what recourse is there? do you think that the state workers will turn around and do something drastic as it was suggested earlier that maybe they would strike? the passion of the people, where is it? >> well, people are clearly outraged. tonight the citizens of wisconsin were cheated out of their democracy. there was a clear viola...

The law. there must be -- >> youre wrong. >> no, mr. chairman, this is a violation of the open meetings law. it requires 24 -- at least 24 hours notice. excuse me. >> joining me now are democratic members of the wisconsin state assembly. joining us here on the ed show, the man that was just up there, state representative peter barca, who is the minority leader in the assembly. mr. barca, how confident are you that this was an illegal move and what is your course of action at this point? >> well,...

Employees of their collective bargaining rights. there were no democrats present for the vote. before republicans decided to act alone tonight, democratic assemblyman minority leader peter barka made a last-ditch effort to stop them. he was ignored. >> the opening mets laws must be con screwed in favor of the fullness and -- >> mr. barca -- representative barca. >> call roll. >> no, no, listen. if theres any doubt as to whether good cause exists, the governmental body should provide 24 hours not...

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whats their next move. and can the republicans get away with this? well discuss the legal ramifications of scott walkers war on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining ...

republicans using a legislative move to pass a budget bill that strips unions of collective bargaining rights. democrats, caught off guard, protesting the move. these now the tense moments after that vote. watch: >> this is clearly a violation of the law. you are shutting people down. it is improper for you to move forward while this is a violation of the law. youre not allowing an eldand that is wrong. now, i disagree. chairman, this is a violation of law. this is not just a rule. its...

war on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining out of the budget bill, and voted without the democrats, before the votes were cast democratic assemblyman peter barka ma...

hello and good morning. im lynn berry. today, we begin with outmaneuvered. the three-week standoff in wisconsin over a measure that would deal a huge blow to public unions has come to an abrupt end after a stunning move by republicans. until yesterday, republicans state senators couldnt pass governor scott walkers proposal because under the rules they were just one democrat short for the vote to happen. thats because all 14 minority democrats had fled the state in order to prevent a vo...

Peter barka, the minority leader of the assembly, and corey mason, took their desks outside. they met with hundreds of constituents on the lawn, people who said they wanted to get in and could not do so. >> but the governor is defying a court-ordered injunction. how does he get around that? >> well, today there was a court hearing all day long. former attorney general who you had on the show the other night brought dozens of witnesses, including members of the legislate legislature to testify. t...