Wis. Senate approves bill to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights (18-1)

Twitter Breaking News ^ | March 09, 2011

[library user]

In 18-1 vote, Wis. Senate approves bill to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights

[Para-Ord.45]

LOL

WOW

The AP really twisted that story.

It`s all illegal and un-democratic !

LOL

[winstonwolf33]

Wow. That headline’s not biased at all. /s

[Hamilcar_Barca]

The traitor is: Sen. Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) casting the no vote. If you are in his district sign the Dem. recall petition and then run a conservative against him in the primary.

[warsaw44]

can any one tell me why the Wisconsin gov did not do this earlier?

[Carry_Okie]

Where is the word "all" in that headline?

It would teach them not to leave town again.

[winstonwolf33]

Email:

Sen.Schultz@legis.wisconsin.gov

[library user]

can any one tell me why the Wisconsin gov did not do this earlier?

I think he wanted the Dem's there to vote (even though they'd lose). But too much time passed. 19 days is 19 days too long.

[crz]

Any unemployed teacher need a job? There will be lots available in the Badger State soon.

[creeping death]

Couple possible reasons. They wanted to give every appearance of being fair and reasonable in the approach they were taking and they also probably wanted to make sure that doing it this way would pass constitutional challenge.

[ProudFossil]

Ummmm. Don’t the R’s need 19 to get the collective bargaining measure to pass?

No. There are 19 Rs and 14 Ds, 33 senators. Without any financial language in a bill only a simple majority, i.e., 17 votes are needed to pass or defeat a bill. In this case 18 Rs voted for the bill.

[OKSooner]

Hoo-boy. We’ll be watching Greta tonite.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

Fine. For political reasons can understand. I thought that something technical had changed.

[Enterprise]

Just guessing, but my take is that the Republicans originally wanted to pass the whole thing. When the Dems ran, that was no longer possible. Had the Republicans immediately stripped the non financial parts from the bill, they would have been accused of being ruthless and acting in bad faith. By waiting, they were able to take the high ground and show that they gave the Dems a chance to be heard. The Dems didn't WANT to be heard, they wanted to obstruct. At some point, it was appropriate to act, and the Republicans have decided that it was now.

So, what's next? I hope that Walker and his legal advisers are considering declaring the Dems seats as being vacant. Since the White House is coordinating the recall of Republicans in Wisconsin, it is better to declare the seats as being vacant and forcing the Dems to fund the elections of the Dems as well as fund any recall effort. This can get excruciatingly costly for the Dems and their supporters.

[thesearethetimes...]

govgeneral@wisconsin.gov

Don’t forget to say Thank You :) :)

God bless them, everyone!
Tatt

[sjmjax]

I believe that once they have a quorum to conduct business, they only then need a simple majority of those present to pass legislation.

Bill could have passed with a 10-9 vote and be legal.

At least, that's the way I understand it. Bad move by the Democrats. Nice to see the Republicans actually do what the Dem's would have done to them.

[stockpirate]

And when they return they have a quorum and then vote the whole bill in.

[K-Stater]

And the lawsuit challenging this will be filed in three...two...one...

[fwdude]

Wonder what "nearly" means? Would like to read the bill.

Don't think this has changed from the original bill. They can still bargain for wages only but not vacation, school year, hours, etc. A HUGE win for sane Americans. And I also heard that the payroll deductions for union dues will go away, making union members remit payment on their own.

[Maine Mariner]

I am not sure about laws in Wisconsin, but as I recall, if you want to bring a bill up for reconsideration someone needs to vote no. The no voter may have voted no for some parliamentary procedure rule.

[Husker24]

Yes, you watch, the rats will win in the end, they always do.