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From. those state senators need to come back and listen to all sides. >>shepard: republicans need one of the democratic state senators to be present for a vote. for now, a stalemate. a quorum is 20 and there are 19 republicans. according to a recent report from the states version of the congressional budget office, wisconsin was on track to end this fiscal year pore than $120 million in the black! but the associated press reports that the governors business tax cuts will end up costing the state...

Just a single one, im told, go ahead and proceed with this vote. am i right? >> yeah, the pressure on one individual democrat though to bolt from the group of 14 and come back, you know, that would take a lot of courage, obviously. to be the one that would provide quorum for the republicans. so i dont expect that to happen. i think they are probably in some type of negotiation amongst themselves trying to determine what their strategy is. but, quite honestly, i dont know what -- how they exit th...

Explains why 70,000 are in the streets of madison this weekend, in case it wasnt clear enough, when the republicans in wisconsin announced today what theyre going to do while the democrats are gone and out of state, denying the senate the quorum needed to vote on the union busting thing, guess what the republicans are going to do while the democrats are away? guess what they are going to do next? a bill to make it harder to register to vote in wisconsin. you know, weirdly, we used this last week...

That is in contrast to the very modest requests we are asking for. >> the protests against walker and his plan grew increasingly partisan, not just in madison but across the country. former house speaker nancy pelosi joined the anti-walker chorus. >> wisconsins workers, teachers, and public servants must have a seat at the table to fight for good wages and a safe workplace. i stand in sol dare tee with the wisconsin workers fighting for their rights. >> the governor had a message for those he fe...

Administered to this bill or heaped on top of the bill. they limited it to one amendment to each democrat, 38. thats why you have the business with the amendments wrapping up at this point. you still have to have debate on the final version of the bill. so a vote is expected this afternoon, but the debate could draw out. you still cant move this bill to the governors desk until you have the 14 missing senate democrats come back to the senate and complete the quorum. thats why this morning state ...

Whats going to happen today is that the state senate will try to convene again, try to get some business done, probably wont be able to do anything because those democratic senators are still out of the state, not only out of the capital, but out of the state, denike the senate the quorum they need to act on this bill. the state assembly, the lower chamber may make up the bill, they have the votes to pass it they have a much bigger republican majority and they probably will be able to pass it, b...

Of wisconsin. >> i think were at the point now where im really 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 and as that continues, i think its going to make it much more difficult for us to patch this together and pull the institution back together with what these 14 state senators have done to us. >> yeah. now, heres one other thing. you know, we know that all those state democrats are ov...

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Far. have you gone from cutting budgets to just trying to cut out unions. >> no, neil, whats going on is that they have shredded the senate handbook on rules and are using a nonrule to somehow deny quorum. its just what it is really doing is tearing the state senate apart. we are trying to move forward and they are simply not available to debate and amend the legislation. >> neil: i understand. there were reports, senator, that police cars were going to the homes of a lot of these senators under...

Is spreading. bill: weve talked about so many states strapped across the nation getting ready to fight their own battles. team fox coverage, doug mckelway in columbus, ohio, first mike towin back at his post in madison, wisconsin. what do you expect there mike? good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we expect the senate to get underway without the four democrats who fled over the state line, they can decide the budget items without the lead for a quorum, therefore, they dont need 20 senators i...