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Wis. Senate approves bill to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights (18-1)
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| March 09, 2011
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
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: collectivebargaining; fleebaggers; scottwalker; wi; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: library user
Only fiscal bills need a 20 member quorum.
I can’t believe the Democrats are so stupid to let the nation become fully aware of union thuggery in Wisconsin by leaving vs losing a vote.
But then I am not a leftist.
To: HeartlandOfAmerica
Ummmm. Don’t the R’s need 19 to get the collective bargaining measure to pass?They stripped out the "fiscal" portions of the bill, thus avoiding the quorum requirement.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:44:38 PM PST
by
xjcsa
(Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
To: library user
My understanding is that the provision scraping collective bargaining on benefits is technically not “fiscal” and thus can be passed with a bare majority to make the quorum. The directly fiscal stuff, e.g., greater contributions by government workers to health plans, etc., need at least 1 Dem to make the quorum.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:45:02 PM PST
by
BCrago66
To: library user
MSNBC is now on 24/7 suicide watch.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:45:15 PM PST
by
JPG
(May the WI GOP stay united and strong.)
To: Mmogamer
I bet they’re bouncing off the walls in Madison right now!
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:45:55 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: PIF
And Wisconsin will be on the way back to prosperity.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:46:23 PM PST
by
crz
To: JPG
MSNBC is now on 24/7 suicide watch.ROTFL (and probably CNNABCCBSNPRPBS .... etc.)...
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:46:40 PM PST
by
library user
(Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
To: PIF
“Either way, passed and signed WI will become a right to work state.”
Wouldn't private-sector unions still be able to have collective bargaining? If so, WI wouldn't be a right-to-work state, it would merely be a state that won't allow union bosses and sycophantic politicians bankrupt the state.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:46:44 PM PST
by
AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
To: library user
Gov. Scott Walker this evening applauded the Senate’s actions:
“The Senate Democrats have had three weeks to debate this bill and were offered repeated opportunities to come home, which they refused. In order to move the state forward, I applaud the Legislature’s action today to stand up to the status quo and take a step in the right direction to balance the budget and reform government. The action today will help ensure Wisconsin has a business climate that allows the private sector to create 250,000 new jobs.”
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:46:46 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: library user
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:47:07 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(restoration of our honor, dignity, and freedoms will save America. - Sarah Palin)
To: library user
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:47:15 PM PST
by
Matchett-PI
("Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Tax " ~ Gagdad Bob)
To: Robe; Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
Per fox.. The missing Dems are rushing back to Madison at this time LOL, I just bet they are! Too late...too late. They're melting...melting...
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:47:32 PM PST
by
lonevoice
(Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
To: Admin Moderator
And thank you for correcting my error in the date. :O)
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:47:47 PM PST
by
library user
(Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
To: library user
The Wisconsin taxpayers WIN one for a change whether they realize it or not. They are the WINNERS.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:47:58 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Just say NO to union greed!)
To: rj45mis; All
Then I don’t get it. What’s changed? WHy didn’t they just do this weeks ago? If all that happened was stripping out the fiscal stuff, that could have been done long ago.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:47:59 PM PST
by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
To: library user
Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) apparently
To: crz
And Wisconsin will be on the way back to prosperity. One wonders how the other cowards (elected democrat state senators from Indiana) hiding out in Obamaland are feeling tonight. Learn from Wisconsin and move quickly Indiana. Let's get a two-fer!!
To: library user
Mad Town in Meltdown! The rest of the state CELEBRATES!!
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:51:40 PM PST
by
Ladysmith
("There is no right that allows one person to place a burden on another." - Quinn)
To: HeartlandOfAmerica
Then I don’t get it. What’s changed? WHy didn’t they just do this weeks ago? If all that happened was stripping out the fiscal stuff, that could have been done long ago.
The Wisconsin Democrat Senators have been given every opportunity over the past 19 days to return and vote.
By giving them 19 days to return the unionistas have no claim the legislation is unfair.
To: The Citizen Soldier
OH beleive me..this is gonna get noticed and dam fast.
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posted on
03/09/2011 4:52:32 PM PST
by
crz
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