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And that is that at any given time 14 people shut down the state legislature? if somethings not done now, no budget in the history of the state would ever pass. i mean, weve been -- >> senator grothman -- >> thats not true. >> republicans would never think of leaving the state. >> senator grothman, the great hero, the greatest hero of your party, abraham lincoln in 1840 in the illinois legislature actually jumped out a window to prevent the other party from being able to get a quorum on a bill t...

>> thats not true. >> republicans would never think of leaving the state. >> senator grothman, the great hero, the greatest hero of your party, abraham lincoln in 1840 in the illinois legislature actually jumped out a window to prevent the other party from being able to get a quorum on a bill that they wanted to move at that time. was abraham lincoln wrong to do that? should he have been arrested? >> i dont know the bill -- i dont know what the law was like in illinois in 1841. i know what the l...

We have extended plenty of offers and openings and ways for at least some of the state senators to come back home. the reality is, we should not have to go down this path. this path of preparing for layoffs. but that is where we are right now. >>reporter: the democratic reaction so far has been limited to the house minority leader and he issued a statement saying in part the governor is using human beings as political pawns making reference to the layoffs saying this is to be expected from a pla...

Literally, it was a joke published on -- look. on february 22nd, published at unconfirmedsources.com. the whole punchline of this, the whole punch line of this joke being that republicans would go to such absurd and desperate lengths against the democrats that theyd hire a bounty hunter. they couldnt possibly get that desperate, could they? ta-da. you wait a week, and if political times become desperate enough reality puts satire to shame. if this is how you have to win your political fight, you...

Where layoffs could be converted to a layoff because today the envelopes would be filled and sealed but wont be mailed until the end of the day to 1500 workers and inside that will be a note that says you are now laid off from this message, from the governor because he cant sustain his budget. he cant balance his budget in wisconsin if those 14 democrats dont allow him to get a vote on the budget that he says will be balanced if, of course, he can get the concessions from the union. but you cant...

Said it made the senate look like a banana republic. different time. bill: heres a timeline of whats happened so far with the awol democrats in wisconsin. february 17th, just about 2 1/2 weeks ago, all 14 refused to show up for a vote in the senate, 24 hours later they left wisconsin fleeing mostly to illinois. the senate did not have a quorum, could not pass any laws that pertain to the budget. on february 24th, state troopers dispatched to find those senators, and then yesterday, wisconsin rep...

On february 22nd, published at unconfirmedsources.com. the whole punchline of this, the whole punch line of this joke being that republicans would go to such absurd and desperate lengths against the democrats that theyd hire a bounty hunter. they couldnt possibly get that desperate, could they? ta-da. you wait a week, and if political times become desperate enough reality puts satire to shame. if this is how you have to win your political fight, you have lost your political fight. state senator ...

A dramatically unpopular losing path that the only way they have left to win is essentially by employing bounty hunters like mr. dog. we all know how we got here, scott walker decided he wanted to strip union rights from public employees in wisconsin. even though there were existing unions and there was an existing right for them to bargain, governor walker decided to ignore that. he was just going to override those rights personally. he would not negotiate. he would not bargain. he would not ev...

A quick check of headlines for you. wisconsins governor warns layoff notices could go out this weekend. 1,500 workers unless democratic lawmakers return to the capitol. two sides locked in a standoff over the budget and the governors plan which could strip public workers of collective bargaining rights. the democrats are needed to provide a quorum for the vote. nasa says unmanned rocket saerg a satellite into orbit apparently crashed into the pacific ocean. the satellite was supposed to coll...

Unconfirmedsources.com. the whole punch line of this, the whole punch line of this joke being that republicans would go to such absurd and desperate lengths against the democrats that theyd hire a bounty hunter. they couldnt possibly get that desperate, could they? ta-da. you wait a week, and if political times become desperate enough reality puts satire to shame. if this is how you have to win your political fight, you have lost your political fight. state senator john urpenback, one of wiscons...