Posted on 03/09/2011 4:34:05 PM PST by library user
In 18-1 vote, Wis. Senate approves bill to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights
However, I bet the Justice Bros. will have ta fight it...since it takes away "50 years of civil rights in WI". And, if that doesn't work, Bammy will declare the WI senate (Repubs only, of course) acted stupidly and he'll have to get his DO(un)J on it.
Nothing’s stopping them. That’s probably their best course of action.
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ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!
I believe these Democrats have committed bribery. They accepted money for food and housing from the very people that was the topic of the vote they were avoiding. Clear cut case in my view. Three weeks away from home should be in the thousands of dollars.
The DU’s sadness..is my happiness.
Not all 19—one of them’s a turncoat—Schultz?
If this is a slam dunk violation of the open meetings law, why beat feet to get back?
Just my view is that the longer standoff was killing Walker and he needed to break it anyway he could. Ideally they will all run back to WI, Republicans will get their way on both bills, the fiscle situation improves, companies move in and create jobs to take advantage of tax cuts, Democrats Boo-hoo, and they get called sore losers, and then Republicans win re-election, then Walker runs for POTUS and wins in a landslide (OK, that last part was just fun.)
Nothing was worse than the extended standoff after Democrats ‘made’ all those ‘concessions’. This is how Clinton beat you-know-who.
RE:” One problem is that Walker has insisted that the collective bargaining issue is a budget issue. Now he is going to sign it, after the legislature passed it, claiming that they didn't need 20 senators, because it isn't a budget item.”
Interesting thought. So far Dems haven't thought that on MSNBC but I will be the first to credit you for the prediction if they do(or if my first reaction here is wrong.) . In the bigger longer picture I don't see it mattering because of the above.
Good idea, but we might want to drop Schultz from the list.. he voted no. :)
Good idea, but we might want to drop Schultz from the list.. he voted no. :)
Haven’t seen you around in a while. Nice to see you about.
"The American people have a massive ability to self-correct." -- Larry Elder (superb talk show host in Los Angeles ... I wish Rush would have him sub for him sometime.)
Here’s video of the guy hollering it’s a violation of the meetings law.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjCEW2J30oM
Let me add something on this, they can make moral argument on that but not a legal one, it clearly isnt one. It doest matter what Walker said on TV on that.
Their first argument now is he was supposed to give 24 hours notice before the committee vote. They were saying they will notify the WI attorney general of this.
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!
Take that Unions. Your day is rightly done!
Oh but hey, members can still voluntarily send in their dues. That shouldn’t be a problem since you are so well loved right?? Bawahahahahahahaha
Suck it up Dems, your cash cow is dead.
Isn’t just a grand day?!
“If all that happened was stripping out the fiscal stuff, that could have been done long ago.”
Exactly! I would imagine that Walker didn’t want to act any sooner because of the accusations that he wasn’t willing to consider a compromise plus the crowds of protesters needed to be thinned out to prevent a potential police state crisis.
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