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[/h2][h2]Live feed of the protests:[/h2]
http://www.livestream.com/theuptake
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[/h2][h2]WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011[/h2]
[h3]Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Ending Public Bargaining Rights[/h3]
After claiming repeatedly in the media that the fight to end public worker bargaining rights was all about the budget, Governor Walker stripped the collective bargaining provisions out of the budget (which required the participation of at least one Democrat to have a big enough quorum to satisfy Constitutional requirements for fiscal votes) and the Wisconsin legislature passed it separately.
Details from David Dayen:
[/h2][h2]Live feed of the protests:[/h2]
http://www.livestream.com/theuptake
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[/h2][h2]WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011[/h2]
[h3]Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Ending Public Bargaining Rights[/h3]
After claiming repeatedly in the media that the fight to end public worker bargaining rights was all about the budget, Governor Walker stripped the collective bargaining provisions out of the budget (which required the participation of at least one Democrat to have a big enough quorum to satisfy Constitutional requirements for fiscal votes) and the Wisconsin legislature passed it separately.
Details from David Dayen:
If you’ve been following along in my last post, you know the news: the Wisconsin State Senate rushed through and passed a bill that strips collective bargaining rights from most public employees. The vote in the State Senate, entirely composed of Republicans, was 18-1; only moderate Dale Schultz voted no. The budget repair bill was split at the last minute, cleaving the “non-fiscal