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Barbs going back and forth? >> i think we are at the point now where im becoming concerned, because the institution of the wisconsin state senate is being trashed. this is not part of our senate rule book that you deny quorum. as that continues it is going to make it much more difficult to patch this together and pull the institution back together with what these 14 state senators have done to us. >> greta: tomorrow, as i understand it is a drop dead date in terms of refinancing bonds. if those ...

You can argue that is not fiscal. you can argue therefore you can introduce a bill to cancel the collective bargaining powers. that the unions in wisconsin have today. argue its not a fiscal issue. is there a parliamentarian in the senate to make a ruling on this? say its illegitimate? im not sure they had parliamentary issue in 50 years. obscure issue. quorum of 20 is obscure in itself, not sure its ever been invokeed. why not split off issue of the bargaining rights and leave in place, untouch...

The latest to balk. daniels, snider and corbett in shying from that battle. walker sees himself as a leader. the party is trying to make him into a national republican leader here. but are you still leading if theres nobody behind you? not only is this fight not catcng on nationwide, but the strategy in wisconsin is failing. when the governor got punkd with that prank phone call, he gave away the strategy he was going to try to use to trick senate democrats so they could get a quorum to pass his...

>> lawrence, we did that. we debated the bill in the joint finance committee. and the democrats showed up for that portion of the debate. they had hearings, public hearings that lasted until the wee hours. they had an executive session in which they debated this entire piece of legislation. its not as if this hasnt been amended. it was amended. it was amended on the floor of the senate. it was amended on the floor of the assembly. and ultimately, when this is done and the bill is passed, theres ...

I think there are different ways that governor walker is looking at putting this in a package bill. this is all quickly coming to a head. >> pat buchanan. >> savannah, let me follow up on that question joe asked. it seems to me that the president did not do himself any good when he came out and called this an asubtle on unions. the whole thing metastasized after that with the crowds coming in. does the white house feel his earlier intervention backfired to a degree or cost him his centrist image...

Track down 14 run away democratic lawmakers today. officers showed up at the state senators homes but of course they were not there. they are still said to be hiding out across the border in illinois to block a bill most one democrat to show up before they can call the vote for the bill because they have got to have a quorum and now they dont. anybody expect to find the state senators home? come on. >> well, you know, shepard, they did have some information that some of these state senators had ...

Debate fod for three months in state of wisconsin and im just hopeful that senator erpenbach and the other 13 democrat senators show up this time for that debate. were going to have to take a vote sometime in may or june on a full state budget. and to be honest with you, i mean, the way that these democrats have trashed the state senate and have said that by not showing up this is some type of quorum that is a parliamentary procedure, please. please. let me tell you something. these people have ...

Filibustering ended because the be republicans claimed they a parliamentary maneuver, it was legal for them to use to call a vote right away. so hastily that a number of republicans as well as many democrats couldnt get back in when the roll and vote were called. the vote is done. its one step towards the final passage of the governors bill which the democrats call an anti-union bill the governor called a budget relief bill. that consistently is huge. weve been talk become it for ten days. senat...

Democrats have trashed the state senate and have said that by not showing up this is some type of quorum that is a parliamentary procedure, please, please. let me tell you something -- these people have destroyed the state senate over the past ten days. and im not sure how we pull it all back together. >> senator erpenbach, how long can you stay out? can you stay out into the summer? >> well, thats up to governor walker. and if scott -- and i have a lot of respect for scott. i know hes in a toug...

Theyre getting their money from, and theyre saying theyre not getting it from the unions, and so when they start to run out of money because apparently the wisconsin senate passed a bill that they would have to pick up their paychecks, so if they are paying for it out of their own pocket, theyre going to have to get back to wisconsin to pick up their paychecks which are locked in their desks in the senate, on the senate floor. other than that, im not sure. i think one of the ways that the wiscon...