From the AP:
The Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers, approving an explosive proposal that had rocked the state and unions nationwide after Republicans discovered a way to bypass the chamber’s missing Democrats…
This was actually expected – and one wonders why the GOP didn’t do it sooner. The apparent way Wisconsin law works on this is that fiscal matters require a quorum while things like stripping out collective bargaining which don’t have a direct fiscal impact (though, long term, this is the best means of ensuring fiscal responsibility) can be passed by a simple majority. Republicans should have done this a week or two ago – rather than let these un-American clowns on the left go off on a rampage (yes, I called them un-American…because they are: an election was held, the GOP won…running away from office is un-American, as is backing such actions).
Now we’ll see what the Democrats will do – allegedly, this was the bone of contention and now refusal to return means refusal to address the fiscal issues Democrats said they were ready to move forward on. Of course, this action has stirred up the rank and file liberals and got them donating, so Democrats might try to keep this thing going for a while.
UPDATE: In response to this Democrats lie and act like thugs. So, business as usual…
UPDATE II: With liberal thugs trying by main force to prevent the Wisconsin legislature from meeting tomorrow – in other words, trying to shut down our democratic government – a comment from over at Instapundit:
I guess that this means the new civility bullshit is officially over?
Yes, it is. You want this kind of a fight liberals, we’ll give it to you.
UPDATE III: And here’s a good place to start – a National Right to Work law has been introduced by Senate Republicans.
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