Posted on 02/17/2011 10:34:54 AM PST by dragnet2
MADISON, Wis. — Police officers are looking for Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers who were ordered to attend a vote on a bill that would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights.
No Democrats showed up for Thursday's Senate session, meaning a vote cannot be taken. Republicans need one Democratic senator to be present. Calls to Democratic leaders were not immediately returned.
Republicans are pushing the anti-union bill proposed by GOP Gov. Scott Walker. Thousands of people clogged the halls of the Statehouse for a third straight day in opposition.
Protesters clogged the hallways of the Wisconsin state Capitol on Thursday as the Senate prepared to pass a momentous bill that would strip government workers, including school teachers, of nearly all collective bargaining rights.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
First the teachers showed they didn’t care about the students, only themselves. Now the Dems show they only care about certain constituents, the unions.
“Democrats missing from Wis. Capitol”
It’s a start. Now we need to figure out how to get rid of the rest of ‘em.
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