Wisconsin Senate Passes Collective Bargaining Amend!!!!!!!

[twyacht]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/breaking-wisconsin-senate-passes-union-bill-without-democrats/

Wisc. Senate Passes Collective Bargaining Ban Without Democrats

In a quick turn of events, Republican state senators in Wisconsin have successfully pushed through a provision stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights by separating it from Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget bill.

The stand-alone measure passed Wednesday evening by a vote of 18-1. No Democrats were present.

In effect, the vote renders Democrats attempts to withhold the provision from the budget bill moot.

With the bill’s most controversial provision removed, Republicans hope Democrats will now return to continue the debate of the rest of the budget proposal.

As you’ll recall, all 14 state Senate Democrats fled the state in an attempt to prevent passage of the budget bill. With the collective bargaining provision included in the budget bill, the GOP needed at least one Democrat to be present for a quorum to allow a vote. But with the provision voted on as a stand-alone measure, the GOP successfully passed the policy with no Democrats present.

The collective bargaining provision was put into its own bill hastily created during a joint conference committee Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald shepherded the bill through the process as Democratic Rep. Peter Barca objected, claiming the committee‘s meeting was in violation of the state’s open meetings law.

At press time, Senate Democrats were reportedly meeting to decide how best to respond to the GOP’s decisive action.

The Senate-passed stand-alone provision now heads to the state Assembly for approval.

As the Senate voted Wednesday evening, demonstrators gathered at the state capitol building erupted in a roar of protest. Spectators in the Senate gallery screamed “You are cowards.”

Senate GOP leader Fitzgerald issued his own statement:

    “Enough is enough.“ ”The people of Wisconsin elected us to do a job. They elected us to stand up to the broken status quo, stop the constant expansion of government, balance the budget, create jobs and improve the economy. The longer the Democrats keep up this childish stunt, the longer the majority can’t act on our agenda. [...]

    “We have confirmed with the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the Legislative Council and the Legislative Reference Bureau that every item in tonight’s bill follows the letter of the law.

    “The people of Wisconsin elected us to come to Madison and do a job. Just because the Senate Democrats won’t do theirs, doesn‘t mean we won’t do ours.”

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I'm sure the Libs, and their union thugs won't take this sitting down....By stripping out the fiduciary portions of the bill, they didn't need a quorum, and showed testicular fortitude, and passed it in 30 minutes.

We'll see how "civilized" these union thugs will be. I believe they are still cleaning the Wi, State House Bldg.

[alfsauve]

What I want to know is why it's taken so long for the Republican senators to figure this out.

Or maybe they were saving this as a last resort.

[billt]

The louder the dems bitch and moan, the better I like it, and the better it is for the country!  Bill T.

[Pathfinder]

What I want to know is why it's taken so long for the Republican senators to figure this out.

Or maybe they were saving this as a last resort.

This was definitely a "nuclear" option - did you see the unions' reactions? Priceless!!! And very well played IMHO.

[alfsauve]

My union friends are bemoaning this.  Everything they are saying, like sneaky, underhanded, spineless, actually applies to their position and actions.

I've tried to be non-confrontational (on Facebook) with my union friends.  Rather than post direct attacks, I post things like George Meany's quote about there's no place for unions in government, etc.

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[billt]

My union friends are bemoaning this.  Everything they are saying, like sneaky, underhanded, spineless, actually applies to their position and actions.

Keep sticking it to 'em Alf. The madder they get, the dumber they sound. Any pro boxer will tell you that you can't fight well when you're full of hate. They're consumed by it since their libtard vision for the country has fallen apart. And it's getting worse by the day for them.  Bill T.

[MikeBjerum]

Most of you guys are lucky to be so far away.  Apparently Minneapolis/St. Paul, and most of the teachers in our fine blue state were annexed into Wisconsin and have been raped by the Republicans - Well actually it is just the anit-christ, Gov. Walker.

[usmcdadx2]

M58, would you come and drag all your fine teachers back to your wonderful state...take the rest of the idiots with you. Be interesting to see if the run away Dims come back from Ill. to work on the budget now. After all they said they wouldn't come back while collective bargaining was part of the bill; ok geniuses you got your wish so pick up your pacifiers and get back to work.

[billt]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/10/police-remove-protesters-wisconsin-capitol/

The Wisconsin State Assembly passed the bill stripping collective bargaining from state workers. They, (Republicans), have effectively busted the union out of Wisconsin. Watch the dominoes start falling. Illinois, California, New York, and many other libtard states will start doing much the same. It just keeps getting worse and worse every passing day for the liberal democrats.  Bill T.

[tombogan03884]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/10/police-remove-protesters-wisconsin-capitol/

The Wisconsin State Assembly passed the bill stripping collective bargaining from state workers. They, (Republicans), have effectively busted the union out of Wisconsin. Watch the dominoes start falling. Illinois, California, New York, and many other libtard states will start doing much the same. It just keeps getting worse and worse every passing day for the liberal democrats.  Bill T.

Those three and Mass will be the last to go. They have been to far in the bag for to long. Also, it takes a Rep. majority, and in those 4 states that will not happen.
To many drones getting patronage jobs or other forms of welfare