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>> 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 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 ...

Good evening. the 14 missing wisconsin democratic senators now face being arrested if they are found in wisconsin. republican senate majority leader scott fitzgerald signed 14 separate orders finding each of the democratic senators in contempt of the senate. it is the result of a resolution passed earlier today that said if any of the 14 senators did not appear in the senate by 4:00 p.m. today then that member shall be held guilty of contempt and disorderly behavior by the senate and the majorit...

The chamber. the work of wisconsins people needs to move forward and we cannot do it with 14 senators missing. >>neil: whether they come back altogether or piecemeal, all you need is one to break the so-called quorum, right, to allow a vote in the senate on the same measure on the budget that the house passed, right? so bring me up to date on what you have to do? >>guest: we need one senator by our statute and constitution we need sick -- 60 percent to pass a bill with a fiscal note. we have 19 ...

But they didnt have really the incentive to do that because in ohio, they already have enough for the quorum amongst their republican senators so this type of a vote could move forward. >> and the vote was really, really close. it was 17-16. and a number of, i think, four, five or six republicans actually voted against it as well. also, we should pointed out that under this particular bill and this is a little different, unionized workers can negotiate their wages, hours and certain work conditi...

Your getting a deform do business. -- a quorum to do business. on the other hand, i wasnt a fan of the republican u.s. senators in washington filibustering so critical legislation there couldnt be brought to a vote. both of these are procedural games. both of them should be dealt with. lets put process aside for a minute. i want to come back to the question i asked you before. is it fair -- just a basic issue of fairness -- to be cutting hundreds of millions of dollars out of your education budg...

>>guest: the tea party people do not behave this way. >>neil: this was scary, or it looked scary, but you say it was not as scary as it looked. but to the bigger point of what is going on here, and whether the 14 missing democrats, i believe one returned to the state today, what do you make of that? of that way to handle things -- just leave, go, leave the state to deny a quorum to vote. senator? >>guest: i dont think anything like this has been done before in the states history. and the voters ...

Opposed to what the governor is doing? >> very opposed to what the governor is doing. all 14 of us have agreed we are not going to be the 20th senator on the floor. >> greta: if hypothetically one does. >> it is not a hypothetical. we are firmly in our position the fact that none of us is going to cross the state line and give them a quorum to take workers rights. it is hard to answer, it is not going to happen. >> greta: thank you. i have a feeling the story is not ending quickly, thank you. >>...

Responsible, since were you elected and your job is to vote, do you feel any sort of guilt that you are not home voting like youre supposed to? >> not at all. it is 165 million dollar payment you are talking about. a payment due in may on our debt. that is 165 million dollars already allocated. the money has been set aside to make the payment. governor walker has taken the 565 million dollars off the table, putting it in his budget to balance the budget that he is going to borrow. adding 165 mil...

This is about something else. with apologies to mr. mcgreet, that is a pipe. and wisconsin is very much about the unions. republicans and scott walker denying that is clever. it is maybe even post modern. but it is not true, and it is not working. a judge in wisconsin today decided to issue a restraining order to force governor walker to let the protesters back into the state capitol building so they can continue their protests for a 16th straight day. state senator jon erpenbach joins us, one o...

Blueprint that attacks pretty much everything wisconsin is. it goes after the public services that our dedicated employees provide to wisconsinites. goes towards the education system we invested in for years and something we have been proud of. attacks the uw system and school system. if anything, it lays out what governor walker plans on doing. something weve been saying all along, and that is to systematically dismantle public service in the state of wisconsin and bring contractors in to do th...