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Have a budget surplus, now, there is, in fact, a $137 million budget shortfall. republican governor scott walker, coincidentally, has given away $140 million worth of business tax breaks since he came into office. hey, wait. that's about exactly the size of the shortfall. what is happening in wisconsin right now has absolutely nothing to do with public workers. the headline here, the way this keeps getting shorthanded, is workers angry after state is forced by budget crisis to crack down. that's not what's going on. the state is not being forced to crack down. a lot of states do have budget cr...

That tears at the very fabric of the state of wisconsin and is not the right way to go. >> if the republicans refuse to negotiate, if there isn't major changes to the legislation, does this go on indefinitely? do you stay out of the state of wisconsin indefinitely, like for the rest of the session, we're going to keep them from voting on this? how does this end? >> all right. well, it's a good question. june 30th is actually the date to keep an eye on. june 30th is when our budget ends, so this budget doesn't need to pass right now. keep in mind, it's not a big budget. it's just a minor budget...

Head into sessions today. we had a fistful of amendments to try and make a lousy bill a little bit better and it became very clear to us that the republican leadership wasn't going to consider the amendments, certainly not pass any of the amendments. and we were left with just this option on the table. governor walker introduced this legislation late friday afternoon of last week, and now he wants it to be law this week and it's making sweeping changes in the state of wisconsin. and you're right, this legislation is repairing a budget hole of about $130 million when we passed about $150 millio...

Head into sessions today. we had a fistful of amendments to try and make a lousy bill a little bit better and it became very clear to us that the republican leadership wasn't going to consider the amendments, certainly not pass any of the amendments. and we were left with just this option on the table. governor walker introduced this legislation late friday afternoon of last week, and now he wants it to be law this week and it's making sweeping changes in the state of wisconsin. and you're right, this legislation is repairing a budget hole of about $130 million when we passed about $150 millio...

Willing to do, we want to bust your union. that tears at the very fabric of the state of wisconsin and is not the right way to go. >> if the republicans refuse to negotiate, if there isn't major changes to the legislation, does this go on indefinitely? do you stay out of the state of wisconsin indefinitely, like for the rest of the session, we're going to keep them from voting on this? how does this end? >> all right. well, it's a good question. june 30th is actually the date to keep an eye on. june 30th is when our budget ends, so this budget doesn't need to pass right now. keep in mind, it's...