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War on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining out of the budget bill, and voted without the democrats, before the votes were cast democratic assemblyman peter barka made a last-ditch appeal to senate republicans, and of course, they ignored him. now the bill heads to the wisco...

Union-busting bill but not before the assembly democratic leader peter barka filed a complaint questioning the legality of the passage of that bill last night in the senate. >> we ran on this. we were going to get the fiscal house in order. this is what we ran in our elections. this is how we picked 14 seats up from you guys. >> the gig is up. and this charade you've been pulling on the people of wisconsin is over. with this bill they now know this is not a budget repair bill. >> and you need to know that the world is watching. the entire world is watching you today. >> police removed hundreds...

Republicans using a legislative move to pass a budget bill that strips unions of collective bargaining rights. democrats, caught off guard, protesting the move. these now the tense moments after that vote. watch: >> this is clearly a violation of the law. you are shutting people down. it is improper for you to move forward while this is a violation of the law. you're not allowing an eldand that is wrong. now, i disagree. chairman, this is a violation of law. this is not just a rule. it's the law. there must be -- this is a violation of an open meeting law. it requires one -- >> what have you d...

What's their next move. and can the republicans get away with this? we'll discuss the legal ramifications of scott walker's war on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining out of the budget bill, and voted without the democrats, before the votes were cast democratic assemblyman ...

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