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Weigh in. you have to remember theres a couple of elements. we dont know how the senate would take this we dont know what the cuts would be. you have a number of lawmakers who have painted themselves into a box saying they cant support another temporary measure on both sides of the aisle. hoyer said this would be the last temporary spending bill he would vote for. republican of pennsylvania, all emphatic this is a different animal. if i buys lawmakers time they might be in business -- if it buys...

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Weigh in. you have to remember theres a couple of elements. we dont know how the senate would take this we dont know what the cuts would be. you have a number of lawmakers who have painted themselves into a box saying they cant support another temporary measure on both sides of the aisle. hoyer said this would be the last temporary spending bill he would vote for. republican of pennsylvania, all emphatic this is a different animal. if i buys lawmakers time they might be in business -- if it buys...

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Well, tonight they proved otherwise. they proved that this was really all about union busting. which they have been accused of all along. governor walker put out this statement following the vote of the senate tonight. the senate democrats have had three weeks to debate this bill, and were offered repeated opportunities to come home. which they refused. in order to move the state forward, i applaud the legislatures action today to stand up to the status quo and take a step in the right direction...

Protesters storm the capitol accusing republicans of using dirty tricks to pass the bill. 46 left the state to block the vote. needed one democrat to come back to have the necessary three quarters quorum for any bill that includes spending. they took the spending measures out of the bill. passed just the part limiting union rights. they can do that with a 50-plus one. democrats claim this proves their point that the budget repair bill as they called it was about union busting, not the budget. >>...

Dramatically cut the collective bargaining rights of public workers like scott walker in wisconsin republican governor john kasich has claimed all along that its not about union busting. in fact, heres what he said earlier this month. >> this is not an attack on you. this is not a political operation. i could care about the politic. >> really. to prove that point, this morning kasich sent out a fund raising e-mail claiming victory. the legislation, quote, strips power from the union leaders. the...