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Been in the discussions continues to insist real negotiations haven't occurred. could you explain to him exactly what you have discussed with the senate democrats and what you think were negotiations? >> lawrence, the problem is it is like negotiating with jell-o. you just don't know who to talk to. >> talk to cory mason right now. tell him what kind of negotiations you had with his democratic senate partners. >> i would prefer not to talk to representative mason. this is one of the guys that lost his mind in the assembly last week over aville they don't have the votes to kill. and debating it...

Preposterous, it is hard to wrap your arms around that these guys have abandoned their jobs, their seats, constituents, and are hold up in a hotel in chicago. it is absolutely ridiculous. >> representative mason, the democratic party has filed a complaint against the governor based on the prank phone call, the most serious part of it seems to be where the governor appears to in effect solicit campaign contribution help, asking that in the future they get some help with funding advertising in some senators' districts down the road. do you think that was a violation, and do you think this is the...

Kenosha, wisconsin. the whole thing is so preposterous, it is hard to wrap your arms around that these guys have abandoned their jobs, their seats, constituents, and are hold up in a hotel in chicago. it is absolutely ridiculous. >> representative mason, the democratic party has filed a complaint against the governor based on the prank phone call, the most serious part of it seems to be where the governor appears to in effect solicit campaign contribution help, asking that in the future they get some help with funding advertising in some senators' districts down the road. do you think that was...

>> representative mason, if the democratic senators come home, they will see an increase in funding in their locality. what's your response to the governor on that. >> my first response if he calls taking away people's rights a tool one more time, i think there's a lot of people that are going to lose it. he has been talking about taking away people's rights for the last few weeks and insulting everyone by calling it giving local government a tool. they said they are willing to make concessions but need to do it at the bargaining table. if the governor wants to accomplish the goal he laid out ...

Building in these people's districts to return to work, unless you're lucky enough to be a democrat representing madison or dane county where almost everybody works for the government, the public is overwhelmingly overwhelmingly against it. they are saying we pay you $50,000 to go to work, where are you. and we know there are recall campaigns launched against two of the senators. i would anticipate they would be returning shortly. >> representative mason, what have you heard about the secret meeting with the democratic senators? which side sought that meeting? >> well, i don't know anything sp...