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Hopefully thats what they talked about. our resolve is strong. we agree none of us will be either the 20th or 21st vote on the senate floor in order to give them the quorum they need. we feel very firmly about that. so rachel, were not going anywhere. >> republican governors association started running an ad that says this fight in wisconsin is over whether or not public workers make contributions to their pension plans. we played a piece of that. what is your response to that. what does it mean...

Expense. do you feel the least bit responsible since you were elected and your job is to vote -- do you feel any sort of guilt haw are not home voting like you were supposed to? >> no. not at all. let me tell you why. its a $1 kif million payment that is due in may on our debt. thats $165 million thats been allocated. so the money has been set aside to make the payment. governor walker is taking the $165 million off the table, putting it in his budget to balance the budget that he will borrow an...

What it does is lays out a 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 br...

Rid of language echoes of worker rights in wisconsin. hopefully thats what they talked about. our resolve is strong. we agree none of us will be either the 20th or 21st vote on the senate floor in order to give them the quorum they need. we feel very firmly about that. so rachel, were not going anywhere. >> republican governors association started running an ad that says this fight in wisconsin is over whether or not public workers make contributions to their pension plans. we played a piece of ...

And the rest of the country trying to convince you that this is not a pipe. this is not at all about trying to strip unions. this is about something else. with apologies to mr. mcgreet, that is actually a pipe. and what is happening in 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 t...

Republicans might be backing off their positions and actually supporting us in attempts to get rid of language echoes of worker rights in wisconsin. hopefully thats what they talked about. our resolve is strong. we agree none of us will be either the 20th or 21st vote on the senate floor in order to give them the quorum they need. we feel very firmly about that. so rachel, were not going anywhere. >> republican governors association started running an ad that says this fight in wisconsin is over...

>> no, it doesnt. what it does is lays out a blueprint that attacks pretty much everything wisconsin is. it goes after the public services that our dedicated employees provide to wisconsinites. it goes after the k-12 education system that we have been investing in for years and years and something we have always been proud of. it attacks the uw system, and the school system. so if anything, rachel, it lays out what governor walk plans on doing, and that we have been saying for a long time is to ...

Take that vote. jon: how do they justify simply running out of state to avoid providing a quorum to your body? i mean doesnt it just seem cowardly? >> i wont say cowardly. what i will say is its in violation of the senate rules and its certainly in violation of senate policy. there is no parliamentary procedure in which you deny quorum and we will have a discussion about that some time later when they return. but for right now, i mean what we really need to do is get them to the floor, you know,...

State senator, jon erpenbach, one of 14 state senators who remain outside wisconsin to deny republicans the quorum needed to pass the governors union stripping bill. senator erpenbach, great to have you again. thank you for your time. >> hey, rachel, how are you. >> im good. i wonder if it feels to you like you and democrats and other people who are opposed to the governors plan in your state, whether it feels to you like youre winning. from here, my vantage point, feels like you are. >> well, i...

Next guest. a battle he and his fellow democrats appear to be winning. state senator, jon erpenbach, one of 14 state senators who remain outside wisconsin to deny republicans the quorum needed to pass the governors union stripping bill. senator erpenbach, great to have you again. thank you for your time. >> hey, rachel, how are you. >> im good. i wonder if it feels to you like you and democrats and other people who are opposed to the governors plan in your state, whether it feels to you like you...