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Quorum, passed it and adjourned. if republicans have this option of doing it this way, did they not have this option of doing it this way all along? why didnt they use it before? it is not like republicans were debating this on the merits all along. remember, they tried to arrest the senate democrats. they took over the senate democrats offices. they were threatening to send private security, essentially bounty hunters after the democrats. they were taking their parking places. all of this time ...

Violation of the balkan meetings law. what have you done? >> well, this story changed in the blink of an eye last night. heres how it unfolded at 4:00 in the afternoon, the senate met and convened a conference meeting on whats called a repair bill. theyd been given two hours notice of that meeting. at 6:00, the committee itself met and with no debate advanced a new bill. that new bill eliminates most collective bargaining but stripped the measures that would have required democrats to be there t...

Budget without layoffs. >> we followed the law. it allows us to move forward with these reforms which are indeed fiscal. theyre not in conflict with that requirement for a quorum, but they are fiscal. >> the governors office says walker is anxious to sign the bill in law but it wont happen tonight. bret? >> mike mike tobin live in madison. thank you. what does all of this mean if you do not live in wisconsin? correspondent doug mckelwabey reports on the ramifications. >> the rip is spreading to ...

>> including that weird music thing at the end, thats how we all saw it. that was the wisconsin legislative coverage service, wrapping up with that tidy little music after the democratic assembly leader is shouting that the meeting that he is in is illegal, is a violation of the states open meeting law. hes saying that as they decide that theyre just going to call the roll over him. he is saying this is illegal, this is illegal, this is illegal. they are saying aye, aye, aye, and we are adjourne...

A situation where one side escalated that battle in wisconsin to pull a vote using a technique that allows them to vote on something like labor rights, basic labor rights, as long as it doesnt involve a fiscal issue, a budget or tax issue, they are able to have a vote without a quorum of democrats present. lets go back to ed. looks like cambodia back in 70 where one side says to hell with you guys, were going over the top. >> thats exactly -- [ audio going in and out ] >> okay. we know where ed ...

Hello, everyone. im alex witt with breaking news. there are reports that senate republicans are about to try to ram through a ram on collective bargaining by splitting it off from a larger budget repair bill. fiscal issues require a quorum before they can be voted on in wisconsin and thats why 14 democrat senators fled the state to keep that vote from happening. there are reports that two of them may be on the way back right now, but republicans now say a collective bargaining ban is not a fisca...

Chamber, therefore deliver that quorum that allows them to vote on the remainder of the bill? >> thats why im not going to be in wisconsin much longer, lawrence. this is something where they could still try and do that. they proved themselves to be deceptive. they would rather put special interest instead of people -- i mentioned just the other day on your show, talking about all the things theyve done, shutting down public debates, shutting down the debate in the assembly, shutting down the pub...

>> nbcs john yang is live for us at madison where the state assembly takes up the bill at 11:00 this morning, presumably because it has already passed something like this, theres not a lot of suspense there. >> reporter: thats right. the republicans have a much larger majority in the sta state -- in the assembly, savannah, than they do in the senate. this mornings headline tells the story. capitol shocker. this move took everyone by surprise. the republicans used a little used and very unusual p...

They ran to the senate, with no quorum, passed it and adjourned. if republicans have this option of doing it this way, did they not have this option of doing it this way all along? why didnt they use it before? it is not like republicans were debating this on the merits all along. remember, they tried to arrest the senate democrats. they took over the senate democrats offices. they were threatening to send private security, essentially bounty hunters after the democrats. they were taking their p...

Are making and living off a low wage, and only have power by banding together into a union. today they decided to vote against that and against the middle class. >> senator larson, what now happens to what remains of the so-called budget repair bill which does require as i understand it the higher threshold for quorum in the senate, which means it requires democrats to actually be in the chamber in order to have a quorum big enough to vote on it. >> right. >> will you return to the chamber, ther...