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Bargaining rights, the bill would prevent them from collecting dues through payroll deductions, requiring members to pay. analysts say -- >> our elective officials behaving. governors in other states will have to watch this. >> the governor insisting on back breaking the unions could be in trouble. still he's defending a plan in a wall street journal op-ed, writing it will help our budget repair bill put similar reforms into place in wisconsin. this will be good for the badger state's hardworking taxpayers. scott walker spoke to reporters about last night's vote. here is some of what he said. ...

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Legislative session. officials held a news conference at the capital voicing their objections to the bill which, among other things, limits many union workers' collective bargaining rights. it is a union busting bill by design. in the state assembly democrats this held up debate overnight by proposing dozens of new amendments, and the governor is warning that the state could lay off, sending lay off notices if the bill doesn't pass. and soon. and people pushing for gay marriage rights got a big boost from the white house. the obama administration reports that it will stop defending the law tha...

A -- public workers and needs to reconsider and let the people be heard and let them sit down and talk about, and negotiate what should be done. >> reporter: let me ask you, lynn, what you hear nationwide, is it an opportunistic move made by the governor to use the budget crisis to bust the unions. >> no, not at all. i believe he is disappointing wisconsin and, in in terms of health insurance -- [people chanting]. >> reporter: go ahead. >> i don't have anyone negotiating for me, and my job performance and my part-time job, and, how much money i will get and how much goes for insurance and how ...

Walk over and get the guests i have lined up. couple of educated people, first, over to scott gustafson, a phys. ed. teacher on the side of the state employees and against the side of what he believes is the union busting bill, scott, first of all, what are you doing here? >> here to show support for public workers, in wisconsin and i'm a teacher in brookfield and we are showing our support for all of the people, you know, that work hard, to earn a living and love what they do for their jobs. >> reporter: lynn, i hope i got your name right... can you see the fear that the state employees have,...