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Wis. assembly speaker plans vote on Walker's bill
AP Via Press Herald ^ | 2/18/11 | AP

Posted on 02/18/2011 7:54:48 AM PST by Carling

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Dems must have polled last night and found out they have no public support.
1 posted on 02/18/2011 7:54:50 AM PST by Carling
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To: Carling

The problem is not with the Assembly, the problem is with the Senate.


2 posted on 02/18/2011 7:56:22 AM PST by Lazamataz (Scott Walker: Please FIRE.... then APPOINT... then VOTE.)
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To: Lazamataz; Admin Moderator

Ah, FoxNews reported it differently.

Thanks Laz!

Mods, please delete or move, because this isn’t Breaking News.


3 posted on 02/18/2011 7:59:07 AM PST by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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To: Lazamataz

The problem is not with the Assembly, the problem is with the Senate.
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Yes, but all dems will start to feel the heat, as more and more days pass, kids don’t return to school, and working parents have to miss work because the kids are at home...this will not end well at all for dem politicians if the keep this up.


4 posted on 02/18/2011 7:59:19 AM PST by Tulane
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To: Carling
Did the Democrats leave anyone behind to force quorum call? Can the Republicans just assert that they have a quorum unless someone in the Senate objects to it and forces the roll to be called?

Also another thread said that only some budget bills require a 2/3 quorum and the Republicans can pass a lot of things in a hurry if there are no Dems in the Senate to slow them down.

5 posted on 02/18/2011 8:01:02 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
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They need a 3/5 quorum for appropriations bills (meaning they need one democrat to make 20 present), but non-appropriations bills just need a majority quorum.

I think the Repubs are posturing, and using the Dem absence as an excuse to not actually pass anything which will piss off the unions. The Assembly should be careful to word the bill as a non-appropriations item, and send it to the Senate.

People should put pressure on the Repub senators to declare a quorum for non-fiscal bills and just start passing an agenda rapid-fire. Starting with making Wisc a right-to-work state, and passing Vermont-style no-license CCW.

6 posted on 02/18/2011 8:07:07 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: KarlInOhio

That does sound like a good way to bring them back. Start voting on things like redistricting (if it does not require the 2/3 quorum), a firearms bill like that in Indiana, or others that hit them where it hurts.


7 posted on 02/18/2011 8:10:57 AM PST by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: PapaBear3625

sounds good to me...this Minnesotan stands with your idea.


8 posted on 02/18/2011 8:12:06 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: Carling
This public temper tantrum will destroy the Democratic Party. In the end, the vast majority of working class tax payers are sick and tired of supporting a grossly overcompensated bunch of unionized public workers. They are supposed to be serving the public. The public is now beginning to understand how they have been hoodwinked by the Left.
9 posted on 02/18/2011 8:16:56 AM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: PapaBear3625
People should put pressure on the Repub senators to declare a quorum for non-fiscal bills and just start passing an agenda rapid-fire. Starting with making Wisc a right-to-work state, and passing Vermont-style no-license CCW.

LOL. I really like they way you think, PapaBear! Too bad you're not the senate majority leader. It would be fun to watch.

10 posted on 02/18/2011 8:18:56 AM PST by kevao (I)
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To: Lazamataz
A Pew poll released last week found that among a slate of potential state level cuts, rolling back public workers' benefits was the most popular option. Fewer Republicans responded to this poll, too. Even democrats support government union cuts.
Republicans surveyed - 339
Democrats surveyed - 455
Independents surveyed - 511
11 posted on 02/18/2011 8:19:17 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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People should put pressure on the Repub senators to declare a quorum for non-fiscal bills and just start passing an agenda rapid-fire. Starting with making Wisc a right-to-work state, and passing Vermont-style no-license CCW.

Right! This is a beautiful opportunity. (Conservatives should war-game opportunities like this so we can take full advantage whenever something like this happens. Have bills written and waiting to be submitted for a vote quickly and all that.)

12 posted on 02/18/2011 8:19:37 AM PST by Liberty1970 (Thanking God for many blessings :-))
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To: Carling

Where’s the tea party?

Nowhere.


13 posted on 02/18/2011 8:22:34 AM PST by devistate one four ( AARP: Anti America Retired People Kimber CDP II .45 OORAH! TET68)
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To: April Lexington

Good God, I HOPE you are right. This stunt the dems are pulling is so blatant, so in your face, so absolutely unimaginably corrupt, it HAS to hurt them. Then again... The American voter put O in the White House. Who can have ANY faith in the Amer. voter?


14 posted on 02/18/2011 8:22:34 AM PST by Doctor 2Brains (If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
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To: Carling

Where’s the tea party?

Nowhere.


15 posted on 02/18/2011 8:23:16 AM PST by devistate one four ( AARP: Anti America Retired People Kimber CDP II .45 OORAH! TET68)
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To: PapaBear3625

The opportunity is ENORMOUS!!!!! But I’m wagering a house, 2 darling children, an Eldorado, a firearms collection (including a really cool suppressed CZ75B), and a wonderful wife, that NOTHING is accomplished. NOTHING good is done, and NO GOOD BILLS are passed. Hell, I’d have passed 20 in the first day.


16 posted on 02/18/2011 8:25:07 AM PST by Doctor 2Brains (If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
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To: April Lexington
This public temper tantrum will destroy the Democratic Party. In the end, the vast majority of working class tax payers are sick and tired of supporting a grossly overcompensated bunch of unionized public workers. They are supposed to be serving the public. The public is now beginning to understand how they have been hoodwinked by the Left.

I agree. The democrats are demanding those who have scarified for generations sacrifice even more so the government employees don't have to give up their totally awesome benefits along with everyone else.

17 posted on 02/18/2011 8:26:06 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Doctor 2Brains
The American private sector had better wake up to the fact that the Left has made them little more than serfs to support the privileged government class!
18 posted on 02/18/2011 8:26:26 AM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: devistate one four
Where’s the tea party? Nowhere.

Dude.

Saturday.

19 posted on 02/18/2011 8:28:01 AM PST by Lazamataz (Scott Walker: Please FIRE.... then APPOINT... then VOTE.)
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To: devistate one four
Starting a Tea Party counter protest would be counter productive. The Democrats and the Unions are exposing themselves and turning off thousands of morons who vote Democrat because that's all they can spell. Let the Dems cut their own throats. Plenty of time to protest later after the damage is done. This is a freebee to the Tea Party.
20 posted on 02/18/2011 8:29:03 AM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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