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Middle. after they defeat those bills today, theoretically that's what they'll try to do. jenna: carl cameron with all those developments today, thank you very much. certainly a busy day in d.c. now we want to take you to ohio now. ohio governor john kasich is about to give his very first state of the state address, to democrats and labor groups, scheduled to rally on the state house steps. this started about 30 minutes ago. ohio, of course, is in the middle of a very contentious debate, contentious contract negotiations for state employees and a different situation from wisconsin and indiana,...

I think ten of the most comprehensive and organized labor groups are in the top ten of the biggest donors to federal campaigns. so it's almost exclusively about money with the democratic party. susan mentioned a perfect analogy which is this middle class, right. the labor things represent the middle class exclusively. but they only represent their union members' interests. the middle class that pays for the bills that these pensions and health benefits cost are revolting against this. we saw it in 2010 and it will continue and i think the democrats make a dangerous calculation if they think th...

Across the country. that including hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations for governor scott walker of wisconsin and john kasich of ohio. organized labor groups donated far less to state candidates, 225 million, but republicans argue it's the voters, not the campaign dollars who have spoken. >> at least there's a few teacher out there who have the guts to stand up against you union thugs! >> reporter: many republican lawmakers say one of the biggest threats to the economy is not a lack of corporate regulations, but unions out of control. >> we've got a projected 8-plus billion dollar bu...

To more than a dozen other places, today. as we look at the national dialogues thlog -- dialogue in folding in the states and national economies and we are waiting for a rally to get underway in ohio, that this is state house in columbus, ohio, the battle over balancing state budgets versus union pay and benefits and ohio is one of several states holding rallies today in support of the unions, california, massachusetts, merrill, also, where the whole scenario is playing out, and in denver, the tea party plans a counter rally today and to alicia acuna, live in our denver bureau with more on wha...

Workers to be able to collectively bargain to raise their wages. >> reporter: henry says corporate america save themselves money in wages by lining the pockets of republicans running for statewide offices. according to followthemoney.org in the 2009/2010 election cycle, business interest donated $878 million to candidates running for office across the country, that includes hundreds of thousands of donations for governor scott walker of wisconsin and john kasik of ohio. organized labor groups donated far less to state candidates, $225 million. but republicans argue it's the voters, not the cam...