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Pipe. this is not at all about trying to strip unions. 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 st...

Widest level in a month. we want the number to be closer together, what we import annex port. that did not happen. more concerns about debt in europe. last year the kwraoerp yan debt crisis really affected our markets and sent them lower. a lot of nerves in wall street today. well keep you updated with new developments as we get them. jon: and good morning to you, hope your thursday is off to a great start, markets aside. im jon scott. martha: im jenna lee. we are here in the fox newsroom. "happ...

Of a possibility. >> it looks as if there will finally be a vote in the senate later today. lets talk about whats going on in wisconsin. theyre in the middle of the third week of the walkout when those 14 democratic senators got in the winnebago and went over to the great state of illinois so they couldnt have a quorum in the state senate. new e-mails have been release the by governor walkers office that shows while theyre talking the talk over there, talking to reporters and stuff like that, he...

Probably going to be very upset but they had to know this day was coming. we could have done it all along. >> yeah. i wonder how long they had this plan up their sleeve because you know it was debated for different pundits saying you could strip the fiscal part out of it. you dont need the 20 votes quorum in order to get anything passed and people have talked about it but the governor did not play his hand and if you think about it, gretch, what you referenced in those e-mails being released whe...

Wisconsin state senate appear to have invented a new nuclear option for passing legislation with no notice, and no quorum, and no debate. they invented that new nuclear option today, and then they detonated it today. after republican governor scott walker admitted yesterday that he would negotiate with democrats on his union-stripping bill, after a republican source tells nbc news that the governor said to republicans in the legislature today he was willing to compromise on union stripping, afte...

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Explain how the republicans got this budget repair bill as they call it passed. when i was in madison a couple of weeks ago this was not one of the options on the table. >> reporter: essentially what you have is the reason the 14 democrats are left town it didnt give the senate a quorum to handle fiscal issues. you need a full quorum to be able to handle those fiscal bills. but they said the republicans decided to strip away the fiscal issues of that bill and just vote on the collective bargaini...

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And no debate. they invented that new nuclear option today, and then they detonated it today. after republican governor scott walker admitted yesterday that he would negotiate with democrats on his union stripping bill, after a republican source tells nbc news that the governor said to republicans in the legislature today he was willing to compromise on union stripping, after public support for the governor and union stripping measure started low and then cratered from there, after weeks and wee...