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Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-partisan government
watchdog group, asked the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board to investigate whether
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker violated state law by sending the Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) to
the home of Democratic Senate Leader Matt Miller ...
"Governor Walker has many tools at his disposal to fight the state's public employees, but using
troopers to track down a political opponent crosses the line," said CREW Executive Director Melanie
Sloan. Sloan continued, "The governor's conduct is especially egregious in light of a Wisconsin law
specifically barrlnq troopers from taking part in any dispute between an employer and employee
over wages, hours, labor, or working conditions -- the subject of the governor's bill."
CREW also notes that it was Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald who made the
initial request for the trooper's involvement, and that the Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) happens to
be headed by Fitzgerald's father ... who became WSP's superintendent on the same day Walker
introduced his union-busting bill.
How handy.
Chris Schrimpf
.Communications Director
Office ofthe Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpj@wisconsin.gov
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WisPolitics PM Update
23 February 2011
So far, the Assembly has worked through only a couple dozen amendments in the 30-plus
hours since the floor session began yesterday. Oems say they have a hundred more, and an
attempt between the GOP leaders and Oems to reach a compromise on an end time for the
session fizzled.
Republicans have successfully shelved each proposed Oem change, including one this
afternoon to wipe out a provision to sell state-run power plants in a no-bid process.
Oems tried to tie the provision to the Gov. Scott Walker's alleged links to the Koch brothers.
But Rep. Robin Vos.said if the Oems are going to make allegations, they should offer proof. He
pointed to a statement from Koch Industries earlier this week saying the corporation has no
.interest in acquiring state-owned power plants.
http://budget.wispolitics.com/
-- Walker said today there is "absolutely nothing" to the suggestion he's proposing the
sale of state-owned power plants as payback to campaign contributors.
Questions about Walker's alleged ties to brothers David and Charles Koch intensified today
after the guv was recorded in a prank call speaking with someone he thought was David Koch.
Koch Industries, which has holdings in Wisconsin that include Georgia-Pacific paper mills in
Green Bay, donated $43,000 to Walker's campaign through its PAC, and some are now raising
questions if the energy company could benefit from a provision in the budqet repair bill
allowing the sale.of state-owned power plants without soliciting competitive bids.
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Walker told reporters the idea was originally proposed by his former Assembly GOP colleague
Mark Duff and promised an open process on any sale.
"We're only going to move forward on this if it's good for the taxpayer and good for the
ratepayers in the state," Walker said.
Koch Industries also issued a statement yesterday saying it had no interest in purchasing any
state-owned plans in Wisconsin. . .
On the recording, the guv can be heard saying he has considered bringing in agitators to rile
up protesters. But Walker said the tape clearly shows he rejected that option and said it was
one of many ideas that have been suggested to him by staff, lawmakers and residents around
the state.
"The thing I said are things I've said publicly all along," he said.
-- Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said today he's never discussed with the guv'
the possibility of trying to dupe Oems to return to the Capitol under the guise of
negotiations. .
During a prank call with someone posing to be conservative businessman David Koch, Walker
says he thought about trying to trick Senate Oems to return to the Capitol. He also said he
considered planting agitators among protesters in the Capitol to stir up trouble.
"I've never spoken with the governor about that," Fitzgerald told reporters today when asked
about reports on the call.
-- Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, also dismissed a proposal from Sen. Dale Schultz to amend the
guv's budget repair bill to sunset some provisions as nothing more than political cover
. for back home. . .
Fitzgerald said Schultz, R-Richland Center, wasn't necessarily being disingenuous. But he
suggested some times conversations people have in the caucus are different from those they
have with people in the district.
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Fitzgerald acknowledged some members would like another option than what's before them.
But he insisted they were "rock solid" in their support for the bill and said he expected Schultz
would join his Republican colleagues in voting for passage when the bill comes to a final vote.
The GOP controls the chamber, 19-14, so Schultz and two other Republicans would have to
join Dems in a compromise vote.
-- The Senate quickly finished its calendar today, voting 19-0 to repeal requirements that
law enforcement collect racial data from traffic stops and unanimously supporting a
resolution praising the Wisconsin Badgers football team.
-- Fitzgerald announced this afternoon that Senate Republicans will no-longer recognize
absent Oems who call in to participate in committee hearings.
Fitzgerald made the announcement after Senate Org approved scheduling voter ID for a vote
tomorrow and dipped the bill in Finance.
See a memo Sen. Jon Erpenbach requested on the fiscal impact of the amended voter 10 bill:
http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/2011 02 22 Erpenbach.pdf
-- Republicans continue to push ahead. with other items on. their agenda.·
The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules has scheduled an exec session
Tuesday on the wind farm siting rules.
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, a member of the committee, brought the ballot up on
the floor of the Assembly and asked the GOP leadership Why it's being proposed. There hadn't
yet been an answer to his question. It would take effect Feb. 26.
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington says Wisconsin law prohibits "troopers
from taking part in any dispute between an employer and employee over wages, hours, labor,
or working conditions -- the subject of the governor's bill."
The group also referenced.the.recent appointment of Stephen Fitzgerald, the father.of GOP
. legislative leaders Scott Fitzgerald and Jeff Fitzgerald, to head the Wisconsin State Patrol.
"Superintendent Fitzgerald should be devoting his time to the WSP's stated mission enforcing
traffic laws, helping motorists in need, inspecting trucks, school buses and ambulances and
assisting local law enforcement agencies with natural disasters and civil disturbances, not
illegally. intervening..indisputes at.his.son's behest," said CREW Executive Director Melanie
Sloan in a statement. "Would Sen. Fitzgerald have had the nerve to suggest the WSP get
a
involved if his father wasn't running the agency? And wouldn't more independent
superintendent have refused the request?" .'
The efforts includes robocalls,Web ads and e-mails, the Dem group said.
Among the West Bend Republican's proposals: repeal last session's employment
discrimination legislation, change the membership of technical college system boards and
allow certain retailers to sell beer and liquor beginning at 6 a.m.
--Gov. Scott Walker and Congo Paul Ryan received a warm reception at today's Business
Day in Madison event at the Monona Terrace convention center.
In his speech, Walker touted the budget repair bill measure that allows union members to
withhold dues.
The guv said "we give them the true freedom of choice ... to decide whether or not they want
those union dues automatically deducted from their payroll, which in many cases is up to a
$1,000 a year, that instead they can keep in their pockets."
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See a report and video of Walker in the Budget Blog, timed at 1:58 p.m.
http://budgel.wispolitics.com/
-- Rep. Paul Ryan drew cheers from a crowd of nearly 1,000 attendees of the WMC's
... Business Day in Madison when.he.asserted that "the path to prosperity is through
entrepreneurship" and warned that government spending must be brought under
control and regulations reduced to "release the entrepreneur to be the entrepreneur."
Ryan also knocked Oem state senators who fled the state to stall a vote on the guv's budget
repair bill.
"I didn't like cap and trade; I didn't like Obama care, I didn't like the stimulus, but I didn't walk
out," he said. "We stayed and did our jobs."
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AP: Indiana deputy AG 'no longer employed' after urging cops to shoot Wisconsin protesters
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THURSDAY'S CALENDAR
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Business Events
-- S a.m. -- MOSES 22nd annual Organic Farming Conference, La Crosse Center, 300
Harborview Plaza, La Crosse
http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html
-- 11:30 a.m. ., The Business Council: Strategic Partnership Luncheon, Italian Community
Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee
http://www. mmac.org//index.php?src=events&srctype=detail&category=Ann ual&refno= 1S1
-- 7 p.m. -- UW Energy Institute presents 'Beyond the Climate Wars,' Fluno Center, Howard
Auditorium, 601 University Ave., Madison -
http://www.energy.wisc.edul?p=3521
Other
-- S:30 a.m. -- Evidence-Based Health Policy Project Breakfast Briefing, Edgewater Hotel,
Madison
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-- 10 a.m. -- Save BadgerCare Coalition, Medicaid Matters Alliance press conference Penfield
Children's Center, 833 N. 26th St., Milwaukee
http://wispolitics.com/1006/110222 MA Matters.pdf
-- 10:30 a.m. -- Public Service Commission Flambeau River Conference Room, 610 N.
Whitney Way, Madison
http://wispolitics.com/.1006/t10224psc.ag.pdf
-- 2 p.m. -- PSC telephone hearing, Washburn City Hall, 119 W. Washington Ave., Washburn
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=227490
,B.ILLSCIRCULAIING"
Sen. Grothman, LRB 029411, to require technical college district boards to be comprised of six
business persons, one school district administrator, one elected state or local official and one
additional member
Sen. Grothrnan, LRB 0322, to repeal 2009 Act 20 regarding employment discrimination
Sen. Grothman, LRB 1044/1, to change the morning closing hours for Class "A" and "Class A"
retailers from 8 a.m. to sa.m.
Serio Moulton, LRB 1307/1, to streamline regulations for architects, builders, designers, code
officials and other membersofthe construction industry,
Sen. Darling and Rep. Kestell, LRB 100711, to prohibit Milwaukee Public Schools from
imposing residency requirements on teachers
Sen. Wirch, LRB 0473, to allow the public sale of the executive residence
B.ILLS INTRODUCED
AB 25, relating to: increasing the credit amount and allowing the transfer of the angel
investment tax credit. Referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
AB 26, relating to: the use of race-based nicknames, logos, mascots, and team names by
school boards. Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
AB 27, relating to: requiring political subdivisions to pay health insurance premiums for
survivors of a law enforcement officer who dies, or has died, in the line of duty. Referred to
Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AB 28, relating to: reporting of information by nonresident registrants under the campaign
finance law. Referred to Committee on Election and Campaign Reform.
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AB 29, relating to: collective bargaining unit assignments under the State Employment Labor
Relations Act. Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
AJR 13, relating to: commending law enforcement officials for keeping order at the capitol.
AB 31, relating to: allowing retailers the ability to offer discounts equal to the state and local
sales taxes. Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
SB 21, relating to: authorizing the town of Brookfield in Waukesha County to create a tax
incremental district for a retail project. Referred to Committee on Economic Development and
Veterans and Military Affairs.
SB 22, relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board. Referred to Committee on
Education.
SB 23, relating to: preemption of city, village, town, or county ordinances requiring employers
to provide employees with leave from employment to deal with family, medical, or health
issues. Referred to Committee on Labor, Public Safety, and Urban Affairs.
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WisPolitics Advisory
23 Feb. 2011
-- Governor Scott Walker today defended his comments during 'a prank call suggesting
he had considered bringing in agitators and tricking Senate Democrats into coming
back to the Capitol.
Walker insisted that the recording of the call made clear he had rejected any suggestions of
bringing in plants to incite protesters. He also said there is nothing dishonest in his attempts to
bring Oems back to the Senate following their boycott of the budget repair bill vote, adding
there's nothing he has said in private that he hasn't discussed in public.
Walker also for the first time said his austerity measures of public employees would save local
governments more money than he plans to cut in his state budget, which is scheduled be
'introduced next week. Walker pegged those savings to locals at $1.44 billion and another $300
million for the state.
Walker's press conference took an odd twist when state Rep. Brett Hulsey, O-Madison, took
the podium after the guv ended his news conference to address the throng of reporters that
had gathered. Walker's staff opened the conference room doors to allow the noise of
protesters into the room, partially drowning out Hulsey as he declared that the governor was
acting "as a dictator."
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Governor Walker's Budget Repair Bill Would Save local Governments Over
$700 Million Every Year
Madison - Governor Scott Walker announced today that his budget repair bill would save local
governments and school districts at least $724 million dollars annually ($1.44 billion over the
biennium).
"Our budget repair bill will save local governments and school districts hundreds of millions of dollars
enabling them to maintain services even as the state grapples with a $3.6 billion deficit," said Governor
Scott Walker. "These savings, in addition to the savings that local governments can realize through
collective bargaining reform, are a vital part of our budget repair bill. The Senate Democrats need to
come do their jobs so we can lock in savings at the local level.and avoid thousands of layoffs."
Under the Governor's budget repair bill, school districts would save $488 million ($976 million over the
biennium). Municipalitieswouldsave'$9Rmillion ($196 million. over- the.blennlumj-Countles.would
save $64million ($128 million over the biennium). Technical colleges would save $58 million ($116
million over the biennium). Special districts would save $15.5 million ($31 million over the biennium).
On top of these savings reforming collective bargaining would allow governments to realize additional
savings. For example, currently many school districts participate in WEA trust because WEAC
collectively bargains to get as many school districts across the state to participate in this union run
health insurance plan as possible. Union leadership benefits from members participating in this plan.
If school districts enrolled in the state employee healthplan;itwould save school districts upto $68
million per year.
In Milwaukee County alone, because the union collectively bargained for paid time off, fourteen
employees receive salary and benefits for doing union business. Ofthe fourteen" three are on full-time
release for union business. Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salary alone for these
employees to only participate in union activities such as collective bargaining. The budget repair bill
reforms would help counties, like Milwaukee County, save on these costs.
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Office of Governor Scott Walker - Morning News Update for February 23,2011
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News Summary:
Appleton Post-Crescent
Ban Claire Leader-Telegram
Green Bay Press Gazette.
La Crosse Tribune
Manitowoc Herald Tim.~s Reporte:t: .
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oshkosh Northwestern
Racine Journal Times
Sheboygan Press
Stevens Point Journal
Wisconsin State Journal
Nation/World
Back my union rights bill by Friday or 1,500 public workers wiUlose their jobs, warns Wisconsin's
governor
Daily Mail- United Kingdom
Gov. Scott Walker said up to 1,500 workers could lose their jobs by July, but failed to say which workers would be
targeted. The warning came as protests over union rights bills blew up in Indiana and Ohio.
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a cadre of young Republican governors who overturned a longstanding status quo and whose policy innovations -- .
welfare reform first of all v- transformed the nation. .
Wisconsin Rel!ublicans Try to Lure Back Denis bY: MovingJ::ontroversial Voter ID Bill
Fox Netus .
Wisconsin Republicans are trying to lure Senate Democrats backtothe state capital by moving ahead with a
controversial bill that would require voters to show photo ID before casting a ballot,
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Wis. Democratic senators still hiding out despite threat of recalls, having paychecks withheld
Associated Press - Minneapolis Star Tribune
MILWAUKEE- Wisconsin state Sen. Chris Larson packed just his toothbrush and one extra shirt as he and 13
fellow Democrats fled the state to avoid near certain passage of the Republican governor's contentious plan to
strip government workers of their collective bargaining rights.
Milwaukee
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Madison
Local leaders from throughout the state ask GOP to not end collective b'!!'g!!ining
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker says sweeping changes to collectivebargaining in the state budget repair bill can help local
officials absorb looming cuts in state aid, but many local officials are saying "No thanks."
Green Bay/Appleton
Municipal leaders await impact of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill on self-insured health
programs
Appleton Post-Crescent
APPLETON ~ Will Gov. Scott Walker's push for higher employee contributions for health care cause teachers to
drop their coverage and seek benefits through family members working in local government?
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Editorial- Sheboygan Press
If you're a public employee or the spouse of a public employee and you didn't vote, you know now that elections
lead to consequences.
Wausau/Rhinelander
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We stiil disagree with the union-breaking provisions in Walker's budget repairbiil, but there are other issues to be dealt
with, and the union issue is not one which will be settled here and now. It will linger and may be settled in next year's
elections, or perhaps the elections after that. In the meantime, there are other important issues, such as the voter ID bill.
Republicans hold a majority in the Legislature, so any bill that does not require a special majority -like the budget repair bill
- is fair game. By staying away, Democrats are losing the ability to affect the process, which is what their constituents
expect.
Yes, Democrats may be overridden. by that majority, but that is not guaranteed..Legislatures.and.the.partles in them are not
monolithic. Parties stand together on major issues, but on less publicized and sometimes very important smaller matters,
there is room for negotiation among the various viewpoints represented between and within parties.
Another reason for Democrats to return is the Friday deadline for refinancing the state's debt. That will save about $16S
million, and it is the primary method Walker would use to fill a hole in the current budget. It is possible the state could
renegotiate with lenders and secure the same savings a month from now, but it is also possible that the state will save less
because of lender nervousness and interest rateflurtuations. That would mean a few more layoffs and cuts.
Democrats need to ask themselves a key question: Is Walker likely to buckle? The answer is a simple no. Reducing or
eliminating union influence seems to be part of his ideology and the ideology of the Legislature's Republican leadership.
Combine that with a character which does not seem very pliable, and the probable result is that Walker will do whatever is
necessary to accomplish his goal.
The walkout by one side in the Legislature is hardly the first in history. There was, for example, the 2003 escape of
Democratic Texas legislators to Oklahoma in order to stall a Republican reapportionment plan created to cement long-term
political power. Eventually the Democrats returned, the plan passed, and was modified in court.
As we said, this issue is not over and-will-net be over probably-fen a,long·time,becausecitis·aboutmorecthan just labor. It is
also about the economy, the state of the middle class, local taxation, local services, paying the bills and the role of
government. This is a battle, maybe just a skirmish. It is not the war, and none ofthose aforementioned issues wiil be
solved from an undisclosed location in Illinois.
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Oems say they have as many as 200 amendments, and the session is expected to stretch well
into the day and maybe into tomorrow.
'•• Gov: Scott Walkertold Wisconsinites last night that his austerity maasurestcr-stata
employees were needed for the state to finally put its fiscal house in order and avoid the
rntstakes of his predecessor in punting the problem Into the future.
As a standoff with Senate Oems finished its sixth day, Waiker also warned of dire consequences
if action isn't taken soon on his budget repair bill, including layoffs. '
"What we need now more than ever, is a commitment to the future," Waiker said in what he billed
as a fireside chat with Wisconsin citizens broadcast live on statewide TV.
Walker is to speak later this afternoon at WMC's annual Business Day in Madison at the Monona
Terrace convention center.
" Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller called on the governor to accept the concessions
offered by public employees, saying it's a comprcmlsethat "any good leader-should-be-
able to recognize and seize."
In the official Oem response to the guv's fireside chat, Miller, D-Monona, said the budget repair
bill was a "railroad" and Senate Oems left the state to use a "constitutional procedure" to allow the
pubiic's voice to be heard on the proposal.
"They have spoken loud and clear. They want to keep the rights that they have had for so long,"
Miller said from Illinois.
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Assembly Democrats, meanwhile, called Gov. Walker's address tonighC'misleading," and said the
governor still refuses to acknowledge that union leaders have agreed to the benefit concessions
proposed in the budget repair bill.
"We haven't seen that tlie governor has been willing to listen to the tens of thousands of people
that have come to this building," said Rep. Donna Seidel, £:i-Wausau, in a press conference
responding to Waiker's address.
-- The Senate has another short calendar on tap today as Oems continue to boycott the
Capitol.
With Dem senators sliil hiding in Illinois, Republican senators are due to convene at 11 a.m.
The chamber is scheduled to vote on a resoiution to commend the Wisconsin Badgers footbail
team for their Rose Bowl appearance and legislation that wouid repeal a racial profiling law Dems
approved last session.
See.the calendar:
ht!~.JN1.§polilics.com/1 006/11 0222 F!3b 23 Senate calendar.pdf
-- Former Green Bay Packer Gilbert Brown is scheduled today to speak at a rally of
opponents to Walker's budget repair bill.
Brown and SMWIA National President Mike Sullivan will march to the Capitol Rotunda at 11:30
a.m. accompanied by IAFF bagpipers and SMWIA and UFCW members. Brown and Sullivan are
scheduled to speak to the crowd at 1'1':50: .
International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James P. Hoffa will also address the crowd
tomorrow at a time to be determined.
-- Just more than a month into his first term, GOP U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble is holding a kickoff
event for his ~012 re-election campaign.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, is listed as the special guest for this evening's event.
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TOP HEADLINES
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- Waiker makes case to state: address reiterated his collective
bargaining limits are about balancing budgets, avoiding thousands of
layoffs, not "a battle with unions ... our partners in economic
development," called Dem senators to return and vote. Senate Minority
Leader Miiler said "unions are wiiiing to make concessions on pension
and health care costs in order to help close the deficit," should keep
bargaining rights.
http://www.wrn.com/2011/02/walker-makes-case-to-state-audi0/#more-37632
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TODAY'S CALENDAR
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Fundraisers
-- 5 p.m. -- U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble 2012 kick-off event, Green Bay Country Club, 2400 Klondike
Road, Green. Bay
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Articie=226029
State Government
-- 9:30 a.m. -- Senate Committee on Financiai Institutions and Rurai Issues public hearing, 400
Southeast, State Capitol
http://committeeschedule.legis,state.wi.us/files/HearingNotices/11-02-23-0930-2011SFII-
15194.html
-- 9:30 a.m. -- Supreme Court open administrative conference, Supreme Court Hearing Room,
State Capitol
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=227297
-- 9:35 a.m. -- Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues executive session,
400 Southeast, State Capitol
]1J!j:>:l!cQ!J1mitleescbedu Ie.iegis.state.wi. us/Nes/H.?.<lIing!l[otic!1§/11.::02-Za-0935:2011 SFII-
15195.html
-- 10 a.m. -- Natural Resources Board, GEF 2, Room G09, 101 S. Webster St., Madison
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/nrboard/2011 /February/02-11-NRB-Agenda. pdf
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other
-- 9 a.m. -- Transit Planning 101, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison
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-i!!fiil'~!lI tearing a ...
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,-_.... new at eleven .. wisconsin governor scott walker was lured Into a conversation about his
budget repair bill by a prank caller pretending to be a billionaire republican donor. a
1iIIIIil'!i"~l!l spokesman ...
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•.. committed to come protest with wisconsin's governor scott walker has warned that state
workers could start getting layoff notices next week. the wisconsin battle over union ...
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...» on monday, fox 6's mike lowe sat down with the governor for a one on one interview,
discussing the budget battle. you can see the enttre Interview at fox 6 now dot com....
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~)i ~~-~-- .... debate on a bill aimed at union rights ... g-o-p governor scott walker... wants to ellminate
1iIIIIil!iiiili.lll1ll collective bargaining and cut other union benefits In ...
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... supporters have traveled to wisconsin to fight republican gov. scott walker's plans to
balance the state budget. >> government protests overseas have not been nearly as
peaceful as the ones in wisconsin and ...
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02/23/201111:08:43 AM
Midday News (News)
... rather than go on the biil which has enough republican support to pass. scott waiker says
the measure Is needed to balance the state budqet and without It 1500's the workers could
let layoff notices this week .. '"
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"""""".... :"..and if the rest of the country wasn't familiar with governor walkeri they are now. his
national message Is a harsh warning for thousands of workers statewide. light snow or a
ilill!iil!li~ilII wintry mix returns to the ...
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... unions have flooded the state capitol bulidlng. republican governor scott walker and
.'!li"~ill republican legislators are pushing for a bill that would get rid of coilectlve bargaining ...
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... a controversial bill will happen later today. debate on governor walker's bili that would
remove collective bargaining rights from publicemployees began at noon on tuesday and
lasted through the ...
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... 33 »governor scott walker has been in the national spotlight over the budqet battle... he
-!if:lii"!.iiilll went on live t-v last night making dire predictions if ...
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... block a vote to cut untonpav, scott walker says he may have to take drastic action.
[9257]nunionsot wisconsin :19-:25 IIl1i m not negotiating overa budget. the •..
... are still in self imposed exile In illinois. governor walker says hell! start sending out lay-off
notices next week unless the lawmakers come back and vote. protests also erupted in
greece ...
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... 3 » new today at 11.. .. governor waiker was tripped up by a prank caller pretending to
1IiIl'!ili~1ll be a billionaire republican donor.a cailed identified himself as businessman david ...
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... as a precaution. »> wisconsin governor scott walker is not backing down. he made that
1IiIli!liiii'i-ill1ll clear in a televised address to residents last night. » some have questioned why we ...
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... mlssing. in wlsconsin-- governor scott-walker says ... a bill that "strtps" union-rights for
1iIlIl1'!i1i~1lI pUbllc-workers-- is ...
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4/12/2011
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02/23/201111:46:18 AM
FOX 13 News at 11 (News)
... the state's budget deficit. kleefisch says: ""our governor scott walker has warned jf we do
not fix this 137 miilion dollar shortfall that we are going to be facing massive lavcffs.?" it's
not just ...
... oh. change now in place. is it ring, hi this is scott walker. scott-david koch. hi david I'm
good, and yourself? controversy at the capitol. .as the governor is caught in a ...
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... walgreens. there's a way to stay weir: governor walker recently took a phone a call phone
lIiIll!iliJiiil'olilll who he thought was billionaire businessman david koch ... but really... it was a liberal ...
• stripping public workers of collective bargaining rights have no plans to return. he says the
senators ....
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... for joining us... I'm amy pfluqshaupt, gpvernor scott walker says if lawmakers. don't pass
his budget repair blll, as many as is-hundred state workers could be laid off by july. walker
Iliiilliiil!-flillll says his ...
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... enterlng the 24th straight hour of debate on governor walker's budget repair bill.
-i!""1'oIi1ill republican leaderships remains ...
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... open enrollment... starts april 7-th. wisconsin governor walker says enough Is enough ...
it's time for senate democrats to come home and do their jobs. IllIwe' re broke In this state '"
... office confirms the candid conversation is In fact scott walker. the buffalo beast.•. a left-
leaning new york newspaper had one of their staffers pose as conservative businessman
david ...
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... by fleeing across state lines... and Into illinois. wisconsin's governor scott walker ... has
warned that layoff notices could go out next week for state workers if the bill isn't passed....
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... capltol. i just received some news about wisconsin governor scott walker getting caught in
a prank phone call from a left-ieaning organization. what do you know about it, mike? ...
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... Ieft wisconsin last week to delay a vote on the governor's budget repair bill -- he says they
_ _l..!i!ll have no plans to return. erpenbach says ...
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02/23/2011 12:02:49 PM
Channel 5 News at Noon (News)
.•.sleeplng over every night. ----- wisconsin gov. scott walker has been lured into a
--!oIll
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.conversatlon about his strategy to cripple public employee unions by a prank caller
lll pretending to be a ...
4/12/2011
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02/23/201112:03:31 PM
23 News at Noon (News)
...over and take what's being thrown down their throats. wisconsin gOY. scott walker has
been duped Into a conversation about his strategy to cripple public employee unions by a
prank ...
'... of teamsters... and son of the famed jimmy hoffa. governor walker was in front of the
camera last nlght... during a fireside chat airing state wide. during it, he threatened 15-
iiIIIiiil!"i"~i hundred layoffs by the end of ...
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...at this point we're hearing about a potential announcement from governor walker's office
about union layoffs, » reporter: yeah. what he's talked about the layoffs starting next
_~_week....
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.. .five... six and ten.... ----- governor walker's spokesman sent' out this statement in
response to that prank call.....throughout this call the governor maintained his ...
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... wisconsin governor scott walker has warned that state workers could start getting layoff
11Iliiii!'ii~iIl notices ...
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4/12/2011
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02/23/201112:05:10 PM
News (News)
... collective rights for public employees as solution to state's budget scott walker has fix this
137 million facing massive just battles have other states no question about bargaining rights
of ...
... under way at wisconsin's capital In madison. governor walker is pushing Far-a bill to strip
iiIIii~~. union rights to public workers. he warns of dire consequence if the biil is not passed by ...
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... champion green bay packers. governor scott walker Is also upping the stakes for
.~~1Il democratic lawmakers. : their failure to ...
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.•.wisconsln governor scott walker's push to strip most collective bargaining rights from
nearly ali ...
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... the state's budget deficit. kleefisch says: ""our 9.QVernOr scott walker has warned if we do
not fix this 137 million dollar shortfall that we are going to be facing massive layoffs.'!" lt's
not just ...
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... of portland says she believes if the reforms that wisconsin governor scott walker has
proposed pass -- organized labor will be deait a huge blow across the country -- including
.~!.iIlIi here In maine ....
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4/12/2011
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02/23/201112:07:30 PM
22 News at Noah (News)
... nlght to support workers in wisconsin. wisconsin gOY. scott walker says falling to pass a
bill that would strip union rights for public workers ... wili put the state's budget at risk..
there are '"
... in the badger state has not faded away. governor scott walker has pleaded With 14 awol
senate democrats to come back to the state. but those democrats say with the republican
majorttv- and ... .
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... the proposal by governor scott walker has led to tens of thousands of protesters coming to
the state capitol since last ...
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... the proposal by governor scott walker has led to tens of thousands of protesters coming to
the state capitol since last ...
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... naw amendments. governor scott walker took his message directly to the people last night
IIIiIIIIiIUll!l in a ""fireside chat"". some of the key points the governor hit on: the fight ...
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... balance the budqet, so let them keep their rights. '''' scott walker also told the democrats
• •UE It's time to come home.«""do the job you were eiected to do. you don't have to like the ...
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02/23/2011 12:09:45 PM
News (News)
... up to vote. the proposal by wisconsin governor scott walker has led to tens of thousands
, of protesters coming to the state capital since last week and it's made wisconsin the
lightning rod in ..• .
c the state's budget deficit. kleefisch says: 11l1our governor scott walker has warned If we do
•••
not fix this 137 million dollar shortfall that we are going to be facing massive layoffs."" it's
lIIilliiaU!!I not just. ..
... from publicemployees. the proposal by wisconsin governor scott walker has led to tens of
thousands of protesters coming to the state capitol since last week .. the bill has made
1IlIiii~~i!!l wisconsin... '
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... 8 lot about our government's fiscal policy. governor walker had a fire side chat. let's listen
to what he had to say In that. » the bili i put forward isn't ...
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... senate are back in session but could not force a. vote. on governor walker's ""bUdget
relief"" bill because senate democrats remain awol. walker, In a so-called 'fireslde chat' last
night! ...
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... session, and democrats prepared to present more than 100 amendments to governor
walker's budget repair bill that would end collective bargaining. democrats asked for a recess
twice! but republicans denied ...
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4/12/2011
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... in illinois. newly elected governor scott walker says if they can't move it forward, 1,500
state employees will receive layoff notices. one senate democrat who crossed "',
~Uii_ ...
budget deficit. budget deficit. our governor scott walker has our governor scott walker has
warned time and time again that warned tlrne and time again that If we do not fix this
_~ . . 137 ...
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... out of state to block a vote to cut unlon pay, republican governor scott walker says he'll
!IIIili~~illI soon layoff state workers. without holding collective bargaining. (sot gov. '"
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... they also plan to hold a 24 hour vigil at the ymca until wisconsin governor scott walker
!IIIilii1l'ii~:lII retracts his bill. meanwhile... indiana state house democrats are In urbana ... :..
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... the budget battle' contlnueslrr wisconsin'; governor"scottwalkersays; falling to-pass a bill
stripping union rights for wisconsin public workers, would have dire consequences....
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... struggled, protests continue for the eighth day in madison. governor walker attempts to
offset a $3.6 bllllon budget gap. and protests in the neighboring states of indiana and
ohio ...
... released this week found that 48% of likely voters agree with governor walker of
wisconsin while 38% are siding with the unions. we are watching your money on fox
ii!Iil!l!!!~1l'!lI business to get the fox ...
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... we'll have the latest from the assembly. plus -- a wrap up of governor scott walker's news
conference this afternoon. the latest on both sides of the budget battle - tonight at five. -----
... coming up in the next half hour.... today's top stories, pius governor walker gets punked!
did a left-wing blogger get the governor to slip up? Iteam !s on this breaking news ... plus---
_~_Iate ...
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... at each other, if not to each other. it's time for some leadership. governor walker makes
the case he Is leading by tackl!ng··a·touch· budqet-lssuedeclslvelv. perhaps: but-therels a
lIlIIIiI!""~1ll time to push forward ad ...
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...truck.... now at 12-30.... wisconsin gOY. scott walker lured into a conversation about his
strategy to cripple the unions by a prank caller pretending to be a billionaire republican ...
... flre thousands if he can't get the unions to back down. governor scott walkerpromises if
his spending reform bill Isn't passed soon, he'll start laying off state employees next week to
1Iil!!IlIi~!ll balance the ...
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... abc news, chlcaqo, ~» on to wisconsin now. governor scott walker there is turnlnglng up
the pressure on state democratic lawmakers warning state employees could start receIving
1Iil!!!iE~liIllayoff notices ...
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... they're an effort to delay the bill governor walker this noon reminding the 14 senate
1Iil!iJ!lii'~!ill democrats stili on the run - if his budget repair bill is not signed by frlday- ...
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... state leaders even though they were duly elected and scott walker In as republican
governor and came in with more than haif of the vote. at this point, will 2012 be a
1IIiiIi!!iE~1lI referendum on president obama or .,.
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... Iabor pains continue in wisconsin. scott walker reiterating what he Is trying to do with this
lIil!i!IiI!..!iil!lcontroverslal bill. » legislation i put forward is about one of thing....
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02/23/2011 12:38:36 PM
News 8 at Noon (News)
•.•from public employees. empioyees.the proposal by governor scott walker has led to tens
of thousands of protesters coming to the state capitol since last week. the protests have
made wisconsin a ...
... days in which the wild become a high-stakes game of political chicken between Democrat
warmongers and over Scott Walker to point out again which are in reality or Walker try the
same feeling and John It Is reform so you'll there will have to be what ought we,will ...
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...» hey every one i'm megyn kelly. governor scott walker caught on tape being pranked
by a left-leaning pumped did who is pretending to be a gop contributor....
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...." r...,........ blll. meanwhile, wisconsin governor scott walker is promising as many as 15- hundred
• •UI!! Initial layoffs and up to 6- thousand over the thousand ...
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... our sound off question ..who is winning the public relations battle: the governor or the
public empioyee unions? sound off by calling 414-967-5304 or all your comments 5304 or
email your comments to: sound ...
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... benefits and bargaining rights in wisconsin. governor walker Is refusing to budge and now
lawmakers In other states are staging rebellions of their own. this hour, is there room for ...
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... for you at this hour. first, this fox news alert. governor scott walker reportedly becoming
the target of a prank caller and how. welcome to a busy ""america live."" ...
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::;;:;;;;;;::=.> :••since this started said he's not coming back until and unless governor walker agrees to
compromise and of course from the governor's point of view and In his fireside chatd and
• •U!l!II other comments reiterated he's not ...
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.,. because-they- had-an-aqenda. they pulled-a 'stu nt am!' called governor' walker and
purported to be one of his big contributors. david cook, as a matter of fact. this is what he
had to say. the governor's office has ...
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... on the wall at EIB... probably one of them will tell you about the creek called the Scott
Walker from old leftist journals do you wish you were wacko extreme leftist publication was
(click thumbnail to play) pretended to be David coke I know David coke will disclosure your idol David broke her ...
',. .someorrs:that' ltewasrr'tr but; 'looktthis"lsn't'-anythirrg' that 'governor walker hasn't said
• •UII publicly. he is here to do a job, to solve a fiscal crisis. that is what he Is doing and ...
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... Walker Is really doing Richards nude Yahool News SAP practice the top story of a primo
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been no word into a conversation about his strategy to
4/12/2011
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...journalist costs misrepresentation attempt to entrap software but you got a help to what
the Scott Walker in what to you what you are to me what Richard go three times a week out
loud is a fox a vision of America David and to call person Richard Trump ...
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... attempt to entrapment so poor but he got balled with what they're trying to get Scott
Walker and he can talk to Republican power I will not really what Richard go three times a
week out loud at some of Fox's a vision of America ...
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... we will hear from the governor at 2:30 local time. scott walker probably will come out to
respond to reports he was prank called yesterday by someone reporting to be one of his
1llliii!E~!lI wealthy supportersln which ... .
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... cotton futures remaining at record highs. cnbc's scott walker is in denton, texas where a
1IIIii!E'!-lillllbi9 hotel chain has made the adjustment. scott? » they're trying to make ...
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... (Iaughter) newly elected republican governor scott walker tried to reason with them. he
1lllli!i!E~lIi asked for wage and benefit cuts and listen to their response ... ,
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... state senate had fled the state In an attempt to block a vote on governor walker's budget
bill. the 14 senate democrats are still awol. and they say they will continue ...
... therefore unions are al qaeda. (laughter) governor walker is george walker bush and
_ _:.ail wisconsin must i invade Iraq! (cheers and applause) and i tell you, folks, I tell ...
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: ... everybbdy. folks, wisconsin governor scott Walker Is using the new republican rnajorltvto
heroically strip state employees of the right to negotiate and, of course, the democrats
illlllii!i"~il were ...
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- ..• posslble outcome here. for, y.ou.it >,.)j...well,.-thebest.. posslble.outcome.ls. for..,gover.nor walker
to give us a holler and send us a note saying ""we can agree on thls.!" he has a balanced
illlllii!i"~1Il budget which ...
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... bill. rneanwhtle, wisconsin govern9r scott walker is promising as many as 15- hundred
illllliil!li1!Ji1li initial layoffs and up to 6- thousand over the thousand ...
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•..drama added to this fascinating standoff where we have kind of scott walker representing'
republicans more broadly on the national level kind of fighting to restrict unions, balance the
1IIIilIi!E~1Il budget and unions in some ways, ...
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4/12/2011
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02/23/2011 02:01:24 PM
News Nation (Polltlcs, News)
... president's agenda. let's begin In wisconsin where republican governor scott walker was
apparently pranked by a btagger posing as billionaire bis man and conservative supporter
david koch ....
... we told but.this last hour. the wisconsin governor scott walker becoming the targets of a
1iIIIi!iii!-illlll prank cailer. now we have the sounds. before we roll it, here's what happened ....
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... it. » beautiful. megyn: who did governor waiker think he was talking to? david coke
iIilill!iiifiolll!ll within coke Industries is (he second iargest industry in the united states ...
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... handing out fake sick notes to teachers. » governor walker put this in motion when he
had his extreme asures and wanted to dictate to everyone rather than govern through
i!liIil!i!lii~1lI consensus....
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... been in iilinois forstelllrrqa "vote-out of..the.. .state: governor walker'wllf behere live 3: 30
i!liIi!!illil~1ill eastern time right here on cnn. »> is football too vioient? i'li ask former nfl rookie of ...
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... speak exclusively with Ian murphy, the journalist who prank called wisconsin governor
walker poslnqas a billionaire donor. that's on last word tonight p.m, eastern only on msnbc.
somewhere In america, ...
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... what people have been witnessing out of wisconsin and the governor now in ohio going
along. the same way as governor walker in wisconsin. » yeah, that's right, thomas. what
1lIi1i!l'iil!-'i1i!ilWe're hearing from the •••
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•..about the iatest developments concerning his that breaking news- 'governor waiker
wrapped up a news conference moments ago. he talked about the budget repair biil ... and
~~_whYhe ...
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... that are key- only-when we pass-bill- exceed budqet-we'l] put.qovernor-walker s full
remarks from this afternoon's press conference on today's tmj4 dot com. now to another big
breaking ...
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,..only if ail 14 show up at the capitol for a meeting. governor walker said: ""Iegaily, we
believe once they've gone into session, thevdon't physIcally have to be there. if they're
actually... .
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... investlgatlng the billionaire koch brothers and the governor's budget repair bill. the t-
team's aaron amant has more. (([aaron dlamant] lllllast night we showed you how a few
lines ...
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02/23/2011 03:07:08 PM
TODAY'STMJ4 News Live at 3:00 (News, News)
... the state assembly has entered its 28th hour of debate on governor walker's budget repair
bill. they got to work yesterday afternoon. democrats came armed with dozens of
amendments to It .• hoping to ...
-. ...three- sound off. viewers weigh in on who's winning the p-r battle- governor walker or the
unions? sound off time now. every day on Illllive at 3"" we tackle one of the day's big Issues
_~..Il!!I with ...
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... Ilthere is any truth to them. today's polltifact deals with governor walker's claim he
campaigned on the budget repair bill ... specifically taking away most of employees collective
bargaining rights ....
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... brooke? » so as we wait to hear from governor walker,.there's another: Issue, that we're
anticipating he'll address. that being the reports that the governor was more or less
punk'd ...
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... biggestin wisconsin history.. will union members leave work to protest governor walker's
budget? and the bigger question for parents .... will there be school tomorrow? we are ...
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02/23/201103:35:55 PM
'- Newsroom (News)
... pac,'political action committee is'one of the largest donors to governor walker's campaign.'
• i think it was somewhere in the area of $43,000. they have long been supporters of very
,..,'tT':'lO conservative, ...
... 94-five lake f-m plus jeff wagner is back. we start with governor waiker.. tricked by a
prank cailer. liberal blogger Ian murphy of ""the buffalo beast"" pretended to be a
~~!-"!!I republican ...
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'...and the economic Impact just ahead. »shepard: governor walker of'-wtsconsln Is
speaking and we will getthe detaiis. no news has broken out ofthls. a civll discourse he
says. ... .
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... klnd of where kate left off with the fact that we just heard from governor walker and she
was right. his big focus is hey, you state senators, you democrats, you've been a no show.
... he just mentioned that was a distraction. i imagine governor walker kind of wants to
sweep that one under the rug. » you know, i taik to a iot of people and this is, you know--
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02/23/2011 03:53:36 PM
TODAY'STMJ4 News Live at 3 :00 (News, News)
... thanks mike and caurtny.one local town ... throwing support behind governor walker's
controversial bill ... why they say It's good for the town .. and in the end... could be good for
homeowners... that's ...
... for on-the-go women. today at flve ... part of governor walker's budqet repair bill Is raising
red flags, and It has nothing to do with unlons.the language that has some people asking ...
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, ... to negotiate their wages and benefits. that governor kaslch would just decide no to
collective bargaining, that, you know, he sees it as only a financial issue but there's an issue
with ...
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... that breaking news ,',. frem-thestate- eapltel; where' gave mar' walker-again defended his
position on cuttIng most union bargaining rights to save the state more than a billion dollars.
... on day nine of the budget battle _. governor scott walker paints a bleak picture of the
mmum state's employment outlook he says will ...
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... consequences. (no tag) governor walker has proposed stripping some collective bargaining
rights of unionized ...
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... middle class. » what do you think about governor walker? if he says democratic state
senators don't come back to fix the budget, layoffs will begin next week ....
:==. ... second because we don't know how this is going to end. what happens if governor walker
III loses his battle with the public-sector unions? » spike in municipal bond yield indicating a
iIIIlIiIIIlILil'i!ll higher risk level ...
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..,even one or two, but even just one or two, that shock states into doing what governor
iIIIlIiIIIlILIlIlll walker wants them to do? » yes. and if it is a big state, full shock, a big municipal bond ...
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... balduan in the capital city of wisconsin In madison. kate, we know governor walker spoke
l!!iiimlLfll!!I a short time ago.what was the crux of his message? » reporter: 1think you heard ...
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•..consequences. (no tag) governor walker has proposed stripping some collective bargaining
• •Ull! rights of unionized ...
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02/23/2011 04:35:28 PM
News 4 at 4 (News)
... rlghts due to budget cuts. they gathered in front of the office of the governor. governor
walker is trying to get state iegislature to take away collective bargaining rights of the
state's 300,000 union ...
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... whlch strips union rights for public workers, falls to pass. governor scott walker laid those
out in an address broadcast statewide. layoffs can now begin as early as july. ,..
... and peggy. the revolt that began with a budqet standoff In wisconsin Is spreading to ohio,
indiana and michigan with no end in sight. wisconsin governor scott walker usedhis new-
found national ...
....television, governor scott walker said the legislation he has given state leaders is about
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... as required by law. > >kaushal:wisconsln governor scott walker says failing to pass a bill
stripping union rights for public workers would have quote ""dire consequences. lilt walker
-i!El!-lli 1 said In a speech ...
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... protesting labor bills backed by republicans. in wisconsin ... governor scott walker warns
there will be dire consequences unless senate democrats end theIr boycott over anti-union
legislation....
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... republlcan governor scott walker hosted a ""fireside chat"" tuesday, stating his only goal is
-I!!"il!.!!i!!l to balance the
budget....
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- ... Iong to try and prevent a vote they say is anti-union. wisconsin governor scott walker is
calling for limits on collective bargaining rIghts. he says it's the best way to Fix wisconsin's
1IlIiI~i!.iiil budget mess....
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.•.moved to after school hours. meanwhile ... the governor of wlsonsin ... scottwalker says
there is no room to bargain. he's threatening hundreds of layoffs if the measure isn't passed.
1IIill~i!.iiill but the battie of the ...
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... wischis is what democracy looks llkel'" wisconsin governor scott walker says democrats
lIlIiIiIiliii!oliiill need to come back to work. they've fled the state to avoid a vote on a biil that ...
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... a tax-reform gropp will hold a conference offerlnqsupport for wisconsin gov.ernor scott
walker. meantime, governor walker hosted a fireside chat saying he only wants to balance
IIlIiIIiiiiii.illili the budget. he wants to end collective ...
... their solidarity for workers who are fighting the wisconsin governor's efforts to take away
most of their collective bargaining rights. and two conservative groups in san diego are ...
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•.. before the end of june. that's the word .. from wisconsin governor.. scott walker.. to his
staters democratic representatives. last night.. governor walker .. said that's what would ..•
... in national news this morning - wisconsin governor... scott walker... says faillng to pass a
!illiiJ!ii1l~!il bill that will cut collective bargaining rights for most public employees .....would have ...
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... contlnue for the 'elghth straight day In madison as governor walker attempts to offset a
$3.6 billion budget gap and protests In the neighboring states of Indiana and ohio echo the
latest in ...
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... workers. in a speech last night, scott walker warned he would layoff 1500 public
employees If his proposal Is not passed by this friday. »> we are learning more about ...
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... In wisconsin last night, governor walker delivered a live "fireside chat" to residents! ..•
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... four other kids were in the backseat without seat belts .. »> wIsconsin governor walker
says thousands will be laidoff If lawmakers don't pass an antiunion rights blil. he says up to
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... bargaining rights. »with around 100 democratic amendments to, governor walker's bill--
how soon could a vote really take place. angelieca durla live In madison with the latest......
... studies this morning.. hi ang. weather wise ... governor scott walker makes his budget
pitch to the people of wisconsin. walker held a fireside chat last night to explain what he ...
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... lonq as they're away there aren't enough senators left to take action on a governor
1il!I!iIill~!l walker'srepair bill. 3 » fox six caught up with one of the lawmakers --for a one ...
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... that correctional orflcers walk-off-the-job-to- protest governor scott-walker- guard members
visited the redgranite correctional Institution in central wisconsin and others In recent weeks.
she stressed ..•
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.. .fInd the complete lII'one-on-one l l1l interview with governor scott walker... along with other
Interviews with democratic senators. lall on our homepage-- at lIufox six now dot com. ll U ' •••
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... also joined protesters at the capitol. governor scott walker says the state may send out
layoff notices to state workers if the budget issue isn't resolved. the governor wants to
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02/23/2011 07:07:47 AM
Fox 21 Morning News (News)
... continue for the eighth straight day In madison as governor walker attempts to offset a
$3.6 billion budqet gap and protests In the neighboring states of Indiana and ohio echo the
latest In ••.
... remain high as the governor now warns of possible layoffs. governor scott walker says as
many as is-hundred workers could receive pink slips as early as next week If state
lawmakers,don't pass a bill ...
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... week found 48 percent of likely voters agree with governor walker of wisconsin - while 38
percent are siding with the unions. in new york, I'm connell mcshane. the debate over labor
-ii!liiiiii-flilill unions ...
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... unitedhealthcare. the state assembly has been up all night debating governor walker's
Eli!i"~illilI budget repair bill that would strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights....
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... floor during a session. ----- meanwhile... the governor says if the bill does not pass It will
.iIlIi~lll have dire consequences. is-hundred state workers could be laid off by july With another ...
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02/23/2011 07:26:49 AM
Good Morning America (News, Talk Show)
... the state assembly stayed up aii night debating democratic amendments-- to governor
Walker's budget repair bill. republicans have the votes to pass the blll, but democrats have
proposed ...
....in a statewide address last nlqht., governor walker warned .. if lawmakers don't pass the.
1iIIiI'!i"i~1i'l budget repair blll, ....
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... acuvue oasys brand. the bill. wisconsin governor scott walker is warning of layoffs by this
summer if his budget bill does not get passed .. In his "Tireslde chat'?' last ."
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... llllnols came back to work. governor walker today, was supposed to address a group of
superior ...
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... them pay more for pensions and health care. governor walkersays the move would help
to fix the state' )s budget shortfall, but democra needs changing, and have offered dozens of
amendments, ...
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... voice. and they have spoken loud and clear. > governor walker says the bill is not an
attack on unions ... he says it's aii about fixing the budget shortfaii.forr staff rahm emanuel
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... of neariy all their bargaining rights. governor waiker says at ieast 1500 employees will
receive layoff notices next week if lawmakers can't move his bill forward ....
... Ieader 13:33:39 I mean really, if governor doyle proposed this tell me you wouldn't all be
• •Lliill on your feet now, every single one of you. just ...
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... up. they just do not want scott walker to monkey with their collective bargaining. thank
you and keep up the good work. budget process....
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... Iawmakers are making their way through dozens of amendments to governor walker's
Iil!llIlliLl. budget repair bill. +++Iive web+++ here's a live look at the wisconsin eye website, which '"
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02/23/2011 08:02:07 AM
lmus in the 'Morning (Business, Taik Show)
... meantlme, the stalemate in wIsconsin continues today. governor scott walker warning of
dire consequences and the budget repair blli Is not passed and jeff flock is stili there, live In
madison with the latest, ...
... government workers of collective bargaining rights is uncertain. governor scott walker
says If lawmakers don't pass the bill soon, up to 1500 state workers could be laid off by july.
»c-> a new study exposes the ...
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... government workers of collective bargaining rights is uncertaIn. governor scott walker
says If lawmakers don't pass the bill soon, up to 1S00 state workers could be laid off by july.
> > > a new study exposes the ...
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... government workers of collective bargaining rIghts ls uncertain. governor scott walker
says if lawmakers don't pass the blil soon, up to 1500 state workers could be laid off by july,
»> a new study exposes the ...
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... government workers of collective bargainIng rights is uncertain. governor scott walker
says If lawmakers don'tpass-ttre-bnl-soom-up-to- t500 stateworkerscould belaldoff by july.
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... government workers of collective bargaIning rights is uncertain. governor scott walker
says If lawmakers don't pass the bill soon, up to 1S00 state workers could be laid off by july.
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'02/23/2011 08:02:48 AM
Today (News, Talk Show)
... government workers of collective bargaining rights is uncertain. governor scott walker
says If lawmakers don't pass the bill soon, up to 1500 state workers could be laid off by july.
> > > a new study exposes the ...
... state to stall a vote on the blil in the senate. governor walker giving a talk last night
1i!IliIl~~iII! calling the system broken. in Indiana they staged a walkout....
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... 3 »in the midst of all the debating governor walker did manage to sign one new measure
Into law. a two-thirds majority vote is now needed In the legislature to raise sales ...
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02/23/2011 08:03:48 AM
.. .soon in his speech to the state there was no hint of compromise governor Scott Walker
stood firm and even raise the stakes for there is much work or go means at least 1500 state
employees will be away all before the general Democrats will say they are not ...
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... 3 In wisconsin, governor scott walker says 1S-hundred jobs could be lost if a bill stripping
union rights doesn't pass. he also said another slx- thousand people could be ...
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t ... the board rushed the deal in order to lock It in before governor walker's budget repair bill
1IlIIIl1llllll~'I'i!i' could pass. 3 » if you go on facebook -- beware of not only the ...
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... they want their heads. and in wisconsin, this governor -- walker's point is that even if they
agree to everything, they are a nemesis. and so workers are fighting not just for wages, but
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... senate floor during a session. ----- governor walker painted a grim picture of what will
happen if the bill does not pass... as many as 1,500 people could be laid off by july with
another .•.
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... sesslon after more than 20 hours debating governor walker's budget repair bill. the bill
would require state and ...
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... in a statewidede address last night.• governor walker warned .. if lawmakers don It pass the
lII!Iii!Di!-Ill!ll budget repair bill .....
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... samantha mehrotra. it's 8:27. governor walker this morning, was supposed to address a
iIl!iii!iliil~!ll group of superior ... .
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... news. cases are connected. wisconsin governor scott walker Is warning of layoffs by this
1II!Ii.~!iI summer if a budget bill does not get passed in his ltIl~ireslde chat'" last ...
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02/23/2011 08:34:34 AM
Good Day Wisconsin (Newsmagazine, Misc.)
~ •.with an additional 15 day notice for teachers. governor walker has warned that state
employees could start getting iayoff notices as eariy as next week If the budget bill isn't
passed ...
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Governor Walker on CNBC - U.S. Cable
02/23/201108:46:08 AM
Squawk Box (Business/ Finance)
... requirement to balance the budget. and so governor walker, this Is dumped in his lap. a
$3.6 billion biennial budget deficit. he's seplng up to the plate to ...
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... proposals to limit the bargaining rights for a couple of years but the governor seems like
he's pretty resolute. has he -- from a political standpoint, has he painted himself into a
iIII!llilliil.llii1ll corner where If .•.
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... net-net. » the democratic senators will come back and governor walker will sit down and
iIII!l~""OlI talk to them and they'll work things out, and we'll have to do that. » meaning? ...
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... prepared to present more than one hundred amendments to governor walker's.budget
repair bill. democrats focused on fine- tuning and Improving the bill -- and the republican
IiliE!J':l!ll majority accused democrats of stalling ....
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... public workers. there's still no action in the senate, because of a boycott by democrats. '
governor walker said in a speech broadcast live statewide yesterday... that If lawmakers
1Iili1lili.:.lllllldon't pass the bill up to 1,500 ...
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... i'm kristyn allen, the time now is 8:55. governor walker says his budget repair bill wlli give
local government the tools to create balanced budgets. and with wisconsin facing a ...
... we're foiiowing. the state assembly is stili debating governor walker's budget repair bili.
-i!Il!i~1liI the session started around noon yesterday. democrats immediately launched a ...
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...» and the voters essentially spoke. they threw down with governor walker and the-- you
-i!Il!i~!IlII know, throughout the country with that sentiment. charles: and ohio and Indiana... .
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... aii nighter and they're stili going at it right now, despite ail of this governor walker took to
-'!'i"'!o!lilll the air waves last night, he's not giving up an inch on this budqet repair bill which strips ...
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... off from the state's direct deposit program. governor walker says they have to show up on
~lil!'"~m the senate fioor during a session to get paid. they gotta show up. [laughter] ...
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... contlnue for the eighth straight day in madison as governor walker attempts to offset a
-ii!"'~iIIl $3. blliio budget gap and protests In the neighboring states of indian ...
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... percent of likely voters agree with governor walker of wisconsin - while 38 percent are
siding with th unions we're watching your money on fox ...
'-'-'--¥I::'f~'~'_C--'""" •••that i assume was part of the indiana campaign process. the weakness In what governor
~ _- II walker is doing, he said at one point i heard him say, we had an election and these issues
- - were out there and we won....
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... therefore unions are al qaeda. (laughter) governor walker is george walker bush and
.'!'l!il~iIII wisconsin must I Invade iraq! (cheers and applause) and i tell you, folks, ltell ...
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" .of the state senate or the state legislature. > > you say you praised gov!=rnor walker.
would you specifically agree with him on roiling back union power as far as collective ...
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walker is leading to the same way a lot of previous governorsand a IQt of people In
wisconsin expect him to. ... .
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... possible outcome here for you? » well, the best possible outcome is for governor walker
to give us a holler and send us a note saying Hllwe can agree on thts.?" he has a balanced
budget which ...
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02/23/201110:27:23 AM
Today (News, Talk Show)
... i'm krlstyn allen. the time now is (10:27) governor walker says his budget repair bill will
help local governments create balanced budgets. the lincoln county finance ...
.. .following for you today. the state assembly is still debating governor walker's budget
lliliillilLii!l repair bill.the session started around noon yesterday. democrats immediately launched a ...
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~~'j;J'~~'" ...•.. " . " . . . Jiolldays to protest in capitals around the country so they are strong support for what
. . I governor walker and other folks do and rain in the spending and bring pensions in line for
.ilIilLiillll these government unions....
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way lot of previous governors and people wisconsin expect him to. to the progressive, try to
solve ... -
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... the democrats are hiding in illinois to prevent a vote to be taken on governor walker's
.ilItl=';llII budget relief bill. no vote on that will happen today. we'll talk to democratic ...
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... slow the protests, though. however, In wlsconsln, one party controls the governor's office.
the statehouse and the new agenda. mike taibbi reports. » reporter: wisconsin state ...
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Senators, A friend just heard Charles Krauthammer on TV supporting Governor Walker and indicating he
beiieves that we are winning. He aiso said that layoffs would be a strategic mistake.
However, he mentioned your ability to pass non-monetary bill. if you have the ability to pass.these bills without
having the democrats return, why not simply separate the budget repair bill, leave the fiscal part alone for the
moment and pass the part of the pill that will eliminate collective bargaining oniy at this time? I'd pretty much
guess that if you were to separate this bill into 2 parts and move to pass this part now, those cowards hiding
across the border would be forced to return!
Thanks for your consideration. If there's something that would disallow you from doing this with the bill, please let
me know.
Nancy Mistele
"If a nation expects to be ignorantand free, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
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WisPolitics Advisory
22 February 2011
-- Gov. Scott Walker told Wisconsinites this evening that his austerity measures for
state employees were needed for the state to finally put its fiscal house in order and
avoid the mistakes of his predecessor in punting the problem onto others.
"What we need now more than ever, is a commitment to the future," Walker said.
Walker has taken fire over the past week with critics questioning why he was pushing for
stripping public employees of almost all their collective bargaining rights as part of his budget
repair bill. They have also blasted him for failing to listen to the thousands who have protested
at the Capitol over the past week. .
But the guv described the protesters as an increasingly out-of-state lot and said he has,
listened to the average Wisconsinites that he's spoken with in recent days as he's traveled
around the state. He said his bill has been changed to address some of their concerns,
including the extension of civil service protections to local employees.
He promised those protections would remain, ensuring public employees' rights while
balancing their needs with those of taxpayers.
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Good evening.
Wisconsin is showing the rest of the country how to have a passionate, yet civil debate about our
finances. That's a very Midwestern trait and something we should be proud of Ipray, however, that this
civfffty will continue as people pour into our state from all across America.
First, let me be clear: I have great respect for those who have chosen a career in government. I really do.
in 1985, when I was a high school junior in the small town of Delavan, I was inspired to pursue public
service after I attended the American Legion's Badger Boys State program. The military veterans and
educators who put on that week-long event showed the honor in serving others.
Tonight, I thank the 300,OOO-plus state and local government employees who showed up for work today
and did their jobs well. We appreciate it. If you take only one message away tonight, it's that we all
respect the work that you do.
I also understand how concerned many government workers are about their futures. I've listened to
their comments and read their emails.
I listened to the educator from Milwaukee who wrote to me about her concerns about the legislation
and what it might mean for her classroom.
That's why last week we agreed to make changes to the bill to address many of those issues.
And I listened to others like the correctional officer in Chippewa Falls who emailed me arguing that
'bargaining rights for public employee unions are the only way to ensure that workers get a fair say in
their working conditions.
I understand and respect those concerns. It's important to remember that many of the rights we're
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talking about don't come from collective bargaining. They come from the civil service system in
Wisconsin. That law was passed in 1905 (long before collective bargaining) and it will continue long
after our plan is approved.
You see, despite a lot of the rhetoric we've heard over the past 11 days the bill I put forward isn't aimed
at state workers, and it certainly isn't a battle with unions. If it was, we would have eliminated collective
bargaining entlrely or we would have gone after the private-sector unions.
But, we did not because they are our partners in economic development. We need them to help us put
250,000 people to work in the private sector over the next four years.
The legislation t've.put.forward.is about one thing. It's about balancing our budget now -- and in the
future. Wisconsin faces a 137 million dollar deficit for the remainder of this fiscal year and a 3.6 billion
dollar deficit for the upcoming budget.
Our bill is about protecting the hardworking taxpayer. It's about Wisconsin families trying to make ends
meet and help their children.
People like the woman from Wausau who wrote me saying "I'm a single parent of two children, one of
whom is autietlc.t havebeen-mttmotetv involved in my school district, but lcan nolonqerefford the
taxes I pay. I am in favor of everyone paying for benefits, as I have to."
It's also about the small business owner who told me about the challenges he faces just making payroll
each week. His employees PCw much larger premiums than we are asking because that's how they keep
the company going and thaeshow they protect their jobs.
. Or the substitute teacher here in Madison, who wrote to me last week about having to sit at home
unableto work because' her union had closed the school-down to-protest:
She sent me an email that went on to say, "I was given no choice in joining the union and I am forced to
pay dues ... I am missing out on pay today... Ifeel like I have no voice."
And so does the factory worker in Janesville who was laid off nearly two years ago. He's a union guy in a
union town who asks simply why everyone else has to sacrifice except those in government.
Last week, I traveled the state visiting manufacturing plants and talking to workers - just like the guy
from Janesville. Many of them are paying twenty-five to fifty percent of their health care premiums.
Most, had 401k plans with limited or no match from the company.
My brother's in the same situation. He works as a banquet manager and occasional bartender at a hotel
.and my sister-in-law works for a department store. They have two beautiful kids.
In every way, they are a typical middle-class family here in Wisconsin. David mentioned to me that he
pays nearly $800 a month for his health insurance and the little he can set aside for his 401k.
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He -like so many other workers across Wisconsin - would love a deal like the benefits we are pushing in
this budget repair bill.
That's because what we are asking far is modest- at least to those outside of government.
Our measure asks for a 5.8% contribution to the pension and a 12.6% contribution for the health
insurance premium. Botn are well below the national average.
And this is just one part of our comprehensive plan to balance the state's 3.6 billion dollar budget
deficit.
.... Now.some hove.questioned why., we haveto.reform collective bargaining to balance the budget. The
answer is simple the system Is broken: it costs taxpayers serious money- particularly at the local/evel.
As a former county official, I know that first hand.
For years, I tried to use modest changes in pension and health insurance contributions as a means of
balancing our budget without massive layoffs or furloughs. On nearly every occasion, the local unions
(empowered by collective bargaining agreements) told me to go ahead and layoff workers. That's not
acceptable to me.
Here's another example: in Wisconsin, many local school districts are required to buy their health
insurance through the WEA Trust (which is the state teachers union's company). When our bill passes,
these school districts can opt to switch into the state plan and save $68 million per year. Those savings
could be used to pay for more teachers and put more money into the classroom to help our kids.
Some have also suggested that Wisconsin raise taxes on corporations and people with high-incomes.
Well -- Governor Doyle and the Legislature did that: two years ago. Infact they passed a budget-repair
bill (injust one day, mind vourthot includedabillion-dollar tax increase;'
Instead of raising taxes, we need to control government spending to balance our budget.
Two years ago, many of the same Senate Democrats who are hiding out in another state approved a
biennial budget that not only included higher taxes - it included more than two billion dollars in one-
time federal stimulus aid.
That money was supposed to be for one-time costs for things like roads and bridges. Instead, they used
it as a short-term fix to balance the last state budget. Not surprisingly, the state now faces a deficit for
. the remainder of this fiscal year and a 3.6 billion dollar hole for the budget starting July 1st.
As more and more protesters come in from Nevada, Chicago and elsewhere, I am notgoing to allow
their voices to overwhelm the voices of the millions of taxpayers from across the state who think we're
doing the right thing. This is a decision that Wisconsin will make.
Fundamentally, that's what we were elected to do. Make tough decisions. Whether we like the outcome.
or not, our democratic institutions callfor us to participate. That is why I am asking the missing Senators
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Do the job you were elected to do. You don't have to like the outcome, or even vote yes, but as part of
the world's greatest democracy, you should be here, in Madison, at the Capitol.
The missing Senate Democrats must know that their failure to come to work will lead to dire
consequences very soan. Failure to act on this budget repair bill means (at least) 15 hundred state
employees will be laid off before the end ofJune. If there is no agreement by July Ist, another 5-6
thousand state workers -- as well as 5-6 thousand local government employees would be also laid off.
But, there is a way to avoid these layoffs and other cuts. The 14 State Senators who are staying outside
. oj.Wisconsin as we speak can come home and do their job.
We are broke because time and time again politicians of both parties ran from the tough decisions and
punted them down the road for another day. We can no longer do that, because, you see, what we're
really talking about today is our future.
The future of my children, of your children, of the children of the single mother from Wausau that I
mentioned earlier.
Like you, I want my two sons to grow up in a state at least as great as the Wisconsin I grew up in.
.. More than 162 years ago, our ancestors approved Wisconsin's constitution. They believed in the power
of hard work and determination and they envisioned a new state with limitless potential.
Ourfounders were pretty smart. They understood that it is through frugality and moderation in
government that we will see freedom and prosperity for our people.
Now is our time to once again seize that potential. We will do so at this turning point in our state's
history by restoring fiscal responsibility thatfosters prosperity for today - and for future generotions.
Thank you for joining me tonight. May God richly bless you and your family and may God continue to
bless the great State of Wisconsin.
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Keith, Sorry to bother you if there's a better way to forward these to Governor Walker. My friends wanted him to see
there support in light of recent comments from GMCC.
Nancy Mistele
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From: Mary Feldt
To: jaiexander@greatermadisonchamber com
Cc: illurda@greatermadisonchambeLcom
Sent: Monday, February 21 ,201.1 11:40 AM
SUbje'ct: Budget repair http://www.greatermadisonchamber.com/aboutlpress room/60
Jennifer, this is personally from me and I am Ve1Y disappointed in your email to members sent on Friday.
My nnderstanding ofthe GMCC is that it was to represent all ofthe members arid help bring business to the area, I must
say that I have seen a shift to the progressive side by the Chamber and have not been happy with that shift. This, however,
is quite over the top. It certainly would have been better to keep silent. By the way, I would like to know how the state's
economy will be better off debating this for months on end and probably without an outcome needed to right this state.
We voters in the state have elected the Republicans to correct what has been happening to put us in this terrible situation.
I for one am tired of giving upthings and continuing to pay more to-the-publlcsectoremployees. I am sure that most of
the workers do a great job; there are many private sector employees doing a great job as well and who have sacrificed and
still pay more in taxes for the union workers and their increases;
I assume your email was approved by the board, or maybe not. You are certainly not representing MANY ofyour
members.
It is hard to contain my anger, frustration and disappointment personally. i realize my one voice means little, but I think
others are feeling the same way even if they do not let you know. .
By the way, how do you feel about the Dems running away? Considering your email, you probably think it is
appropriate. .
What is your position on the doctors writing bogus medical excuses? Do you think the teachers who use those excuses
should be fired? What a wonderful example the doctors and teachers am setting for the students. Are these the people we
want teaching our kids and taking care of us?
The teachers union in Madison is determining what day the Madison Schools should open again. This is one ofthe
reasons this needs to stop. This is not for the employees; this is so the unions continue to be more powerful than the
people ofthis state and can bring in more money to support themselves. Things have been so one sided for so many years
something drastic has to happen.
Collective bargaining is not a right, it is a privilege that has been misused and abused 01' we would not be at this point.
Mary Feldt
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WisPolitics PM Update
22 February 2011
-- Gov. Scott Walker this evening will say his budget measures are about one thing .:
balancing the budget.
"The legislation I've put forward is about one thing. It's about balancing our budget now and in
the future," Walker will say, according to excerpts of his speech his office released ahead of
the 6 p.m. TV address.
Walker also planned to recount how in 1985 he was inspired to public service during the
American Legion's Badger Boys State program by the military veterans and educators who
"showed the honor in service others." . .
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-- Sen. Mark Miller will do a Oem response to the guv's speech, according to Oem aides.
Also, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, O-Madison, will be available in the North Hearing Room
along with Assembly Derns to offer their thoughts.
-- The Assembly late this afternoon was slowly working its way through dozens of Oem
amendments.
Things got off to a contentious start as Assembly Oems drew up a motion to remove Speaker
Pro Tern-Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, after Republlcane on-Friday tried te-move the-budget
repair bill to an unamendable stage without them on the floor. The motion was withdrawn, but
Minority Leader Peter Barca, O-Kenosha, said he'll bring back the anti-Kramer motion for a
vote if rules are violated again. .
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Barca said there were four violations of rules on Friday, including open meetings laws by
starting before the announced 5 p.m. start time and not recognizing members who indicate
they wanted to speak.
"They are expected to hold to the rules, the traditions, the customs of this body," he said.
"You can laugh. 00 you think this is funny?" Barca said, and challenged Peterson, R-
Waupaca, to a debate at his local editorial board on the issue.
Peterson said he'd gladly accept the challenge, and said Barca was only engaging in more
stalling. tactics. . . .
"I see we're starting off on the right foot," Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said.
Fitzgerald said this was "one more delay" from the Dems,
"I did the right thing and apparently I'm not going to get any credit," Fitzgerald said of his
agreement to move the bill back to the amendable stage. "Maybe we did start too early ... but
we took it back to the amendable stage."
-- In the Senate, Republicans began taking a series of steps designed to pressure Dems
to return to the Capitol as their boycott moved. into its sixth day•.
That included a warning from Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald that he- may-no lenger allow
Dern leaders to participate in Senate Org meetings via phone and a move to require missing
senators to pick up their paychecks in person on the Senate floor.
-- Sen. Mary Lazich this afternoon refused to allow Sen. Jon Erpenbach to vote via
phone in committee on legislation to require voters to show a photo ID at the polls.
In today's Transportation and Elections Committee exec, the Dern senator tried to ask several
questions about changes to the legislation included in a substitute amendment.
But Lazich, the committee chair, cut him off, asking,when he would return to the Capitol and
meet the call of the house issued last week.
Erpenbach reminded Lazich that she had often been afforded the courtesy of participating in
committee hearing while out of state via the phone. But Lazich said this was different because
there was an open call of the house.
"I won't extendcourtesies to unethlcalbebavior," Lazich said, her voice rising as she went
back and forth with Erpenbach.
She several times pushed him to say when he would return to the Capitol.
"How soon I can get there is up to your governor," Erpenbach shot back.
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-- Senate Org voted by paper ballot today 3-2 along party lines to require any senator
absent without leave for at least two days to pick up their paychecks, per diems or any
expense check in person on the chamber floor.
The ballot also suspends direct deposit for any lawmaker absent and specifies the majority
leader will only provide the checks to the missing senators and only on the Senate floor during
a session day.
-- Fitzgerald also warned Dem leaders Mark Miller and Dave Hansen that he won't
tolerate any more speeches during Senate Org.
Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, opened Senate Org by telling the two Dems that being allowed to
participate in the meetings via phone during their self-imposed exile was a courtesy. But he
warned he would no longer extend that courtesy if they continued to use the committee as a
platform to make statements about the guv's budget repair bill.
"It's not a place for a statement about why you're out of state, why you're in Chicago,"
Fitzgerald told them today.
Hansen thanked Fitzgerald for the courtesy, but clarified-he's not in Chicago.
-- Republican Rep. John Nygren of Marinette today called on Dem senators to return the
portion of their salaries for the days they've spent out of state boycotting a budget
repair bill vote.
Nygren particularly ripped Hansen, D-Green Bay, saying the "resounding messages" from his
constituents over the weekend were to continue fighting for taxpayers and to tell the Senate
Oems to get back to work. .
-- WEAC President Mary Bell says in new radio ads running in the districts of seven
Senate Republicans that "denying workers their voice goes too far."
"We must retain our voice because a teacher's working conditions are a child's learning
conditions," Bell says in the spots.
Bell says if teachers lose their voice, decisions will be dictated by politicians without input from
educations who work with students.
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"Sen. Luther Olsen, you cannot let this happen in our great state," Bell says in one of the
spots. "It's time for you to step up and show leadership to represent the working families of
central Wisconsin on this important matter. Work with us to find a solution. Let's move
Wisconsin forward."
The spots also target Terry Moulton.of.Chippewa Falls, Van Wanggaard of Racine, Dan
Kapanke of La Crosse, Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls, Mike Ellis of Neenah and Bob Cowles of
Green Bay.
-- The Club for Growth sent out a message to its supporters asking for their financial
help to run two TV ads boosting. Walker's austerity measures.
In one, dubbed "Stay the Course," the narrator says Walker campaigned on making
. government live within its means and he's delivering on his promise even though the special
interests don't like it.
."CaIIGov. Walker," the narrator says. "Tell him to stay the course, keep his promise and
continue fighting for Wisconsin taxpayers."·
.lo.the other, the narrator says people.allacross Wisconsin are making concession to keep
their jobs, but public employees haven't had to sacrifice. The narrator says public employees
pay "next-to nothing" for their penslons and a fraction of their health care costs: It urges
viewers to call their legislators and support the budget repair bill.
"It's time for state employees to pay their, fair share, just like the-rest-of-us," the-spot-concludes,
-- The CFG also is running radio ads targeting Dem Sen. Bob Wirch of Kenosha and is
doing robocalls in some Dem senators' districts.
-- Rep. Gordon Hintz clarified today that he was never asked to turn over any money for
a bond of the municipal ordinance violation he now faces.
Various media reported yesterday that Hintz had paid a $2,667.50 bond, citing on-line court
records. But Hintz's office pointed out the CCAP page also shows Hintz has paid no deposit
and said the bond is the maximum penalty he could face.
Hintz has a court hearing set for 8:30 a.m. April 27.
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-- Susan Crawford, Gov. Jim Doyle's chief legal counsel in 2009 and 2010, has joined the
Madison law firm Cullen Weston Pines & Bach.
Crawford will be practicing with the firm's energy and telecommunications and litigation
practices, focusing.on administrative, utility, environmental, lobbying and political law.
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Keith,
The line under example #2 about exploring privatization is going to cause some problems over here. Just FYI:
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
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Unfortunately for the millians of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to Illinois to get 'to
know a lot of my fellow caucus members.'
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is in
Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their votes.
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Keith,
The line underexample #2 about exploring privatization is goingto cause some problems over here. Just FYI.
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
unfortunately for the millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to l/Iinois to get 'to
know a lot of my fellow caucus members.'
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is in
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Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their
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WisPolitics Advisory
22 February 2011
-- Sen. Mary Lazich this afternoon refused to allow Sen. Jon Erpenbach to vote via
phone in committee on legislation to require voters to show a photo 10 at the polls.
It was another sign of the escalating steps Republicans have taken in an attempt to force
Oems to return to the Capitol from their boycott. In Senate.Org, Majority Leader-Scott
Fitzgerald has allowed his Oem counterparts to vote on the calendar via phone, though he
warned today that he may no longer extend that courtesy.
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Madison-Today the Democratic Party of Wisconsin held a press conference to spread-a lie about
Governor Walker stifling debate. DPW claimed Governor Walker blocked the website
www.defendwisconsin.com from internet access at the Capitol.
The Department of Administration blocks all new websites shortlyafter they are created, until they go
through a software approval program that unblocks them. Within 30 minutes of being notified this
website was blocked, DOA circumvented the software and immediately made the website accessible.
In response to DPW's lie, Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
Over the last week and a half Governor Walker has repeatedly talked about protestors having every
right to have their voice heard. Hoursfor the State Capitol have been-changed to-allow protestors
extensive access to the statehouse to voice their opinion.
Debate and participation in the democratic process are good for our state. Senate Democrats should
try it out.
The Democratic Party should spend less time lying about Governor Walker, and more time trying to get
their AWOL State Senators back to Wisconsin. Of course DPW won't do that because they are using the
Senate Democrat's taxpayer funded vacation to I/linoisto fill their campaign coffers:
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ICYMI: Democrats across the country are fleeing rather than casting votes
House Democrats are leaving the state rather than vote on anti-union legislation, The
Indianapolis Star has learned.
A source' said Democrats 'are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to .
Kentucky. They need to go to a state with a Democratic governor to avoid being taken into
police custody and returned to Indiana.
The House was came into session this,morning, with. only two otthe 40 Democrats..present
Those two were needed to make a motion, and a seconding motion, for any procedural steps
. D,emocrats would want to take to ensure Republicans don't do anything official without
quorum.
With only 58 legislators present, there was no quorum present to do business. The House
needs 67 of its members to be present
Rep. Terri Austin, D-Anderson, told House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, that
Democrats "continue to be in caucus" to discuss potential amendments to several. bills.
Bosma said he was "flummoxed," adjoured until noon, and labor union members watching in
the gallery and hallway outside cheered the work stoppage.
Today's fight was triggered by Republicans pushing. a bill.that would bar unions. and ...
companies from negotiating a contract that requires non-union members to kick-in fees for
representation. It's become the latest in what is becoming a national fight over Republican
attempts to eliminate or limit collective bargaining.
House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, "has taken a page out ofthe
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Wisconsin Senate playbook apparently" by keeping his caucus in hiding, Bosma said. "They
are shirking the job that they were hired to do."
In Wisconsin, Senate Democrats have fled to Illinois to deny Republicans the quorum they
need to pass legislation limiting collective bargaining for many public employees.
Asked at what point he would call in the Indiana State Police to attempt to round up the
Democrats, Bosma said: "We'll see how the day goes."
Gov. Mitch Daniels had said he supports the policy his party is pursuing in this legislation, but
said earlier that this is not the year to do it with so many other critical legislation in the works,
including his education reform agenda.
Bosma said he spoke to Daniels and said the governor is "very supportive of our position to
come in and try to do our work. He was not pleased that the Democrats weren't here to do
their work. And like me is just waiting to see how the course of the day proceeds."
Austin told reporters that "it doesn't matter where they (Democrats) are at this point. What
matters is that they're trying to figure out a way to save the state from this radical agenda."
Asked if they were in the state, Austin said only: "They're working hard."
The last time a prolonged walk-out happened in the Indiana legislature was in the mid-1990s,
when Republicans were in control and tried to draw new legislative district maps, eliminating a
district that likely would have been a Democrat one, in the middle of the decade. Democrats
won that standoff, staying away several days until Republicans dropped the plan.
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We will get statewide numbers today for paid union time. I suspectthe numbers will be far more impressive.
I slightly edited. I think we need to get this out soon. We need to keep up the drumbeat of collective bargaining
being fiscal. Please send any edits asap.
Chris Schrimpf
Communications Director
Office ofthe Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpj@wisconsin.gov
direct fiscal impact such as not allowing management to schedule workers based on operational needs
and requiring notice and approval by the union prior to scheduling changes. As County Executive
Walker attempted to reduce work hours based on budget pressures and workload requirements by
instituting a 35 hour work week to avoid layoffs, which the union opposed. Additionally, government
cannot explore privatization of functions that could save taxpayers money.
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
unfortunately for the millions af taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to Illinois to get 'to
know a lot of my fellow caucus members.'
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is in
Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their vote.
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Office of Governor Scott Walker -Morning-News Update for Tuesday, February 22.2011
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News Summary:
• Gov..Walker to address the people of Wisconsin tonight at 6 p.m. WISe-TV and Wisconsin Eye will air the
address.
• Union calls for a general strike if the budget repair bill becomes law.
_.. Senate Dems have raised over $279,000 on the lam.
.. Senate & Assembly in session today.
.. Governor Walker signed bill requiring 2/3s maj ority vote to increase income, sales taxes.
.. Video: Governor Walker on Hannity
• Video: Governor Walker on Morning Joe
Appleton Post-Crescent
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Green Bay Press Gazette
La Crosse Tribune
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oshkosh Northwestern
Racine Journal Times
Sheboygan Press -
Stevens Point Journal
Wisconsin State Journal
Nation/World
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New York's Teamsters Local 237 to bus in sUl!l!0rt to union nrotestors in Wisconsin
New York Daily News
The Wisconsin workers who have staged a week-long protest against their union-busting governor are getting
some BigApple reinforcements.
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Wisconsin Protests Draw Thousands OfWorkers Fighting For Key Union Rights
Huffington Post
MADISON, Wis. -- On Friday, February 11, at the same hour that the world watched the former Egyptian
president Hosni Mubarak resign his post, the newly appointed Republican Governor of Wisconsin quietly
launched a ferocious attack on public sector unions -- and the very notion of organized labor in America.
Milwaukee
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Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie. "Come back and vote," said Herrick, who works in retail. "Elections
have consequences. II
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Madison
WEAC President Mary Bell responds to Governor Walker's Monday Press Conference (PDF)
WEAC
Labor group calls for general strike if budget repair bill is approved
The Capital Times
The South Central Federation of Labor is' calling for a general strike of close to 100 unions, representing about
45,000 workers, if Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill is passed by the state legislature and signed into law by
the governor. .
Wisconsin's local governments never asked to end collective bargaining. as Scott Walker contends
by Joe Tarr - Isthmus
"Our position is we've sought significant modifications in bargaining laws, but we've never sought to eliminate
collective bargaining rights," says Miles Turner, executive director ofthe Wisconsin Association of School District
Administrators.
Green Bay/Appleton
Green Bay area officials bracing for local cuts with Wisconsin budget situation
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Local officials know their piece of the pie is shrinking again. For the better part of a decade, they've dealt with
reductions in shared revenue and school aid.
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Appleton lawmaker Penny Bernard Schaber seeks key exemption in budget plan for trausit
F_orl<ers
Appleton Post-Crescent
MADISON - A Fox Cities lawmaker is helping lead a push to preserve federal funding for transportation services.
Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan may tilt political playing field
Associated Press - Appleton Post-Crescent
MADISON - The high-stakes fight iu Wisconsin over union rights is about more than pay and benefits in the
public sector. It could have far-reaching effects on electoral politics in this and other states by helping solidify
Republican power for years, experts said Monday.
La Crusse/Eau Claire
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Wausau/Rhinelander
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
unfortunately far the millions of taxpayers wha are currently paying these Senators' salaries and
benefits, Senator Jufie Lasso and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacatian to I1finois to get 'to
know a lot of my fellow caucus members.'
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is in
Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their votes.
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... being. » republican governor, scott walker, Isn't backing down, either. » I'm going to
stand with the hardworking taxpayers of wisconsin ....
...»> in wisconsin, a showed between the governor there, scott walker, and union
members is still raging. » protests are in their second week and now the governor Is
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backing down either. sot/walker.I'm gonna stand with the taxpayers of wisconsin. wisconsin
teachers are returning ... .
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notices could be coming as soon as next week... lf his budget repair bill is not passed. you're
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... wlsconsin. where governor scott walker just announced layofff notices could go out as
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... wisconsin. where govern6r scott walker just announced layofff notices could go out as
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fireside chat to the state of wlsconsin.the speech will start at 6 o'clock." today Is election
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... another governor making headlines scott walker In wisconsin. the fight over union rights
In his state Is now In Its eighth day. .
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governor scott walker called on the missing senators to come back to work. gOY. scott
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..• -- senator dave hansen of green bay. governor walker plans to hold what his office Is
cailing a fireside chat tonight ...
... manuel gallegus, cbs news, madison wisconsin lisa» governor walker is planning what he
callsa fireside chat tonlght..to explain the budget chalienges to wisconson residents .. and ...
... for state workers affected by governor scott walker's budget proposal. the governor's
1i1llii!E~1IIl spending plan includes higher health care ...
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pass. last night, deiegates of the south central federation of labor overwhelmingly approved
a i..
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... on other bills -~ because it can't take up the governor's proposal until the 14 senate
democrats return from illinois. the governor has ...
... by cuts ... but like these protesters, the governor! scott walker, says he won't back down
elther-- saying he'll stand with the taxpayers of wisconsin. many democrat senators are
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.•.and ln wisconsin governor scott walker is saying he will not compromise on the budget.
• •U!I he's threatened to ...
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... In wisconsin .•.• governor scott walker is warning that state employees could start receiving
layoff notices as early as next week ....
... keeping the collective bargaining bill stalled. governor walker said without it, it could mean
up to 1500 state workers could lose their jobs. he Is planning to speak In a .. :
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cuts ... are unavoidable. the state ...
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threatening to begin laying off state ...
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backing down either. sot/walker:l'm gonna stand with the taxpayers of Wisconsin. wisconsin
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02/22/201112:06:58 PM
CBS4 News at Noon (News)
...» thank you, jennifer. »> a warning from the wisconsin governor today. he said he
won't compromise on the state's budget, and if there is no solution soon/ state workers
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...9allegu51 cbs news, madison wisconsin governor walker is planning what he calls a fireside
chat tonight --to explain the budget challenges to wisconson residents and ...
... wisconsin governorscott walker says he will not compromise on the budget... and
iIIliil,!=~ill tlireatening ...
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threatening to layoff 1500 workers if the bill doesn't pass. so talk back today. what should
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... chaos' althe capitol.that budget bill could payoff big for one of governor walkers biggest
campaign contributors.here's investigative reporter aaron diamant....
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02/22/2011 12:07:48 PM
6 News at Noon (News)
... barganing rights. that's the warning from governor scott walker this noon. the governor
Isn't saying which workers would be targeted .... but he has repeatedly warned that up to 15..
1iiIIi!"~1IIll hundred workers ...
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... state business today •..and governor scott walker called on the missing senators to come
backto work....
... new zealand. and, governor scott walker Is saying he will not compromise ... threatening
lay offs as soon ...
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... Iawmakers, republicans promised to move ahead with other state buslnesstocav•..and
governor scott walker called on the missing senators to come back to work. gOY. scott
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broke so there is nothing to negotiate. he Is now threatening state workers with layoffs as
early as ...
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ton of money on conservative tv ads here in wisconsin last vear.rneantlme, a spokesperson
for governor ....
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... employees are protesting republican governor scott walker's plan to balance the budget by
calling on unions to pay more towards their pensions, health care and give up their collective
iIiiIi!'iii1oiilll bargaining ...
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02/22/201112:09:39 PM
News 8 at Noon (News)
... promised to move ahead with other state business today.•. and governor scott walker
called on the missing senators to come back to work. H"for those 14 senate democrats, you
had your time ....
...wlll oerore@th 100 amdmts to try and at iea delay@a te governor walker says if the bill
lIIliIiliIiii!!.ii1ll isn't passed soon,
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... other state business today. governor scott walker called on the missing senators to come
back to ...
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- -, ... continuing In wisconsin ... find out what governor scott walker is saying about
negotiations... plus, a french company who makes search engines says... google is trying to
block Its ...
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... of the wisconsin state capital as republican governor scott walker warns of layoffs ..
employees could receive layoff notices as early as next week If a bill eliminating collective
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... start receiving layoff notices as -early as next week. governor scott walker did not say
which workers wouid be targeted if a blii elminating coliective bargaining isn't passed soon.
Eiiilii!ooilli huge protests ...
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... wisconsin governor scott walker is warning state employees could start receiving layoff
iiiiiililii..ll1i11 notices as early as ...
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... with every fiber in my being. republican governor scott walker isn't backing down either.
Iiilil!iil~illl sot/walker:I'm gonna stand with the taxpayers of wisconsin ....
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... possible action against liba. here in the states, wisconsin's governor scott walker says that
layoff notices could start going out to union employees as soon as next week. unless
_'!l!ii!..r:lllllawmakers pass a bill ...
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... take away bargaining rights from public employees. governor scott walker reaffirmed his
support of the bill yesterday, saying he is not open for negotiations....
... to eliminate the impact on local taxpayers. however! a spokesman from governor walker's
.~'-:H~' office tells the milwaukee journal sentinel that the bill would not hurt transit, because it
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... bargaining rights is not passed soon. governor scott walker says the layoffs wouldn't take
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... any time soon. governor scott walker submitted a controversial spending plan to cover a
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... kicked up a notch.. republican governor scott walker is saying he will not compromise on
the budget - and he's now threateing layoffs of state workers as soon as next week If the
deadlock Is not ...
... roads slicked In Ice. and governor scott walker of wisconsin announced that he will not
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... state last week after governor scott walker submitted a spending plan they say Is unfair to
state workers. state gop officials ...
•••other state business today... and governor scott walker called on the missing senators to
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elther.walker:Pm gonna stand with the taxpayers of wisconsin. wisconsin teachers are
~fi1!Ili~iI'III returning to workbut 14 ... .
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... with other state business today... and governor scott walker called on the missing senators
to come back to work. (gov. scott walker/ ...
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... neither side appears ready to budge ..... republican governor scott walker is refusing to
negotiate---- over his plan to strip publlc workers of their collective bargaining rights ...
while, '"
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...>>> the budget battle may soon lead to layoffs. scott walker says that up to 1500 state
employees to get layoff noticed next week If they do not agree to the cuts. the eight-day
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02/22/201112:17:30 PM
News 10 at Noon (News)
•..bargainlng rights continues to heat up. wisconsin governor scott walker says he won't
" negotiate on the bUdget bill that would curb union rights for government employees. abc's
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.... promised to move ahead with other state business today... and governor scott walker
called on the missing senators to come back to work. (qov, scott walker/(r) wisconsin) for
those 14 senate ... .
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... show no 51g0_5 of backing down. republican governor scott walker isn't backing down
elther.wlsconsin teachers are returning to work but 14 democratic state senators are
maintaining a cross-border ...
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•.. move ahead with other state business today ... and governor scott walker called on the
missing senators to come back to work. wisconsin •..
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... state workers from being in une yours. this morning scott walker warned state employees
iiiiiiliIi!iiil~. that they could start receiving layoff notices as eariy as next week If the bill Isn't passed '"
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... aimed at republican governor scott walker ... for rejecting calls to allow union workers to
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... eliminate many collective bargaining rights. and the governor scott walker warned that
employees could receive layoff notices next week if the proposal is not passed ....
.•.cheryl: the battle wages on wisconsin. governor walker now warning as early as next
week's state employees could start receiving layoff notices with most collective bargaining
-iJi!iIIi~iill rights is ... .
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...are outraged over the governor's proposed budget plan. gOY. scott walker wants to
baiance the budget by increasing health care premiums and ending collective bargaining
1IiIi'!!E~!ll rights for state unionized workers. workers say ..•
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.... protesters' flood ·the· capitol-for the-elqhth-stra ightday' this' as governor' wal ker... taIks
state layoffs... walker threatening to start sending out layoff notices to state workers next
week .
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... move ahead with the other state business today and governor scott waiker calied on the
mying senators to come back to work. for the 14 senate democrats, you had your time....
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___ ... democratics, republicans are promising to move ahead with business. wlsconsln's governor
Is under heavy scrutiny as the battle rages on. governor walker says he has no choice as the
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02/22/201112:32:48 PM
TODAY'S TMJ4 News Live at 12:30PM (News, News)
... everyone, since a large crowd is expected to l1sten to lawmakers tackle governor walker's
budget repair bill. sotsen. glenn grothman/(r) west bend8:21:S16 secsto be honest In my 17
years in the ...
,,,.r ~~ _ ... union 'workers continue to protest republican governor scott walker's plan to balance the
budget by calling on unions to pay more towards their pensions, their health care and give-
• up their ...
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IIiiliII,lIi~lili working taxpayers of wisconsin. » wisconsin teachers are returning to work but 14 ...
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... debate are showing any signs of backing down. governor walker is warning of the potential
of massive layoffs, 1500 workers In the near term If his budget repair bill Is not passed ....
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... state last week after governor scott walker submitted a spending plan they say is unfair to
illliiliiIiii~1lIl state workers. state gop offlclals ...
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02/22/201112:44:40 PM
M5NBC News Live (News)
... are expected to jam the state house in madIson again today to protest scott walker's plan
to strip most ofthelr union bargaining power. he was adamant this morning on "morning
joe." .,.
... reached regarding state worker benefits. governor scott walker says notices could go out
.~~!lII next week if a bill eliminating most coliective bargaining rights isn't passed....
... bravely fighting his addiction which in this analogy makes goVernor walker crack. wait, no.
1liIIll!&~lilllook, if i may, there are a few small differences between this and cairo ....
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... here at fox news, we report, you decide. do you think wisconsin governor walker should
agreed to a budget compromise? during the break, you can head to our website,
~~~1iliII foxnews.com, ...
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... past few days. do you' condone that?»you know, governor walker put this all in motion
when hehad his extreme measures' and' wanted to dictate to everyone rather trlan govern
through ...
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... republicans or democrats, and say, please don't vote for this. you can call governor walker
and say, please, don't do this. he's not taking your voice away so much as he sees it
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... latest developments Inside the rotunda. governor scott walker is set to address the state
tonight In what is being called a "Tlreslde chat.t''fn his speech..• the governor says he ..•
•..a new rasmussen poll shows 48 percent of likely u-s voters support governor walker's
plans ... while 38 percent side with the unions. again, this is a national survey, not a poll of
--1ioili:iill wisconsin residents. ".
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... »shepatd: thank you from the church one of the victims. wisconsin governor walker on
top of another of our top stories this afternoon. the governor is threatening state employees
with layoffs if ...
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02/22/201103:21:13 PM
MSNBC News Live (News)
... toolbox. » what we're watching in wisconsin! the governor there/ governor walker, and
also governor christie in new jersey, Who are both republicans! who got elected on a
platform of ...
...thousand of public employees jamming the state house in madison to protest governor
walker's plan to strip the bargaining power. the governor was adamant on "rnornlnq joe." ...
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·... thanks charles and courtny.if democrats don't come back to madison soon.. governor
walker warns there could be layoffs. the big problem he claims wlli force his hand ... and how
_ &....01 teachers feel about possibly ...
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.. .4 Is up next. today on live at 4 ... governor walker threatens layoffs as the protests and
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•..more generous than those afforded private-sector workers? wisconsin governor walker
warning, today, that first layoff notices could go out next week If the protests drag on. my
next guest went through ...
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...despite the near constant chanting in the hallways, governor walker is standing his
ground. he says his budget bill is the only fix he'll consider and he's calling out the senate e
mocrats ...
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02/22/2011 04:29:32 PM
Your World With Neil Cavuto (Business, Finance)
...» teacher protests are spreading ." in support of what governor walker is doing. »neil:
you crackdown at us and we rev up on you the see in columbus, ohio, in madison! wisconsin,
In boston, ...
BURLINGTON - Cheryl Herrick, 51, of Burlington, has a message for her "missing" state senator, Sen.
Robert Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie. "Comeback and vote,"said Herrick, who works in retail. "Elections.
have consequences."
Wirch, who represents Burlington and most of Kenosha County, is one of the 14 senate Democrats who
fled Madison last week when the state Senate was scheduled to take a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's
proposal to essentially eliminate collective bargaining for public workers.
Wirch has not returned calls for comment for several days.
In downtown Burlington on Monday, the consensus among area residents selected at random was that
Wirch should go back and vote. Many, including Herrick, said they would like to see Wirch recalled for
avoiding his vote. By running away, he is not doing his job, said Kellie Kerkman, 39, of Burlington.
"All I see is this teaching our younger generation to run away from problems. It's time to grow up," said
Kerkman, who owns Kerkman's SplitEnds, a hair salon at 316 N Pine St.
Down the street, Carl Schultz, 61, of Twin Lakes, said Wirch should be fired for avoiding "his
responsibility. "
He recalled firing a worker from his car part manufacturing business, Five Star Fabricating, for
repeatedly missing work after receiving multiple warnings, he said.
"If they are hired to do ajob, they should be there," said Schultz, who feels that way about his
employees and his state legislators.
Dan Hunt, 51, of Pleasant Prairie, where Wirch lives, is looking into forming a committee to recall the
senator. So far he has 175 volunteers who have signed up to help circulate petitions to recall Wirch, he
said as of Monday afternoon, but he said he would need about 300 volunteers to successfully launch a
campaign. According to the Govemment Accountability Board he would need about 15,000 signatures
for a recall election.
For now, Hunt said, he is waiting to see ifWirch goes back to vote.
"The longer he stays away, the greater the likelihood," Hunt said of a recall effort.
While it appears in downtown Burlington there is support for a recall, Tony Watson, 30, of Burlington,
said he for one would not sign a recall petition for Wirch. Watson said most people in the Burlington
area support Walker's..proposal. But he works at Nestle and among his co-workers there is a lot of
concern about the governor's proposal, he said. People wonder what might eventually happen for unions
like theirs, he said.
Instead of recalling Wirch, Watson said he would support recalling Walker. But he would have to wait
until January for that to happen.
.Chris Schrimpf
Communications Director
Office ofthe Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpj@wisconsin.gov
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Fine.
Eric A. Schutt
Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of the Governor
Main: (608) 266-1212
E-mail: Eric.Schutt@wisconsin,gov
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
We could be engaging in a healthy debate in Madison about the fiscal impact collective bargaining has
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on all levels of qovemment, if the Senate Democrats weren't vacationing in Illinois. Unfortunately for the
millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and benefits, Senator Julie Lassa
and her 13 calleagues decided ta take a 6 day vacation to Illinois to get 'to know a lot of my fellow
caucus members. '
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is In
. Wisconsin working to balance the state budqet. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their vote.
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I slightly edited, I think we need to get this out soon, We need to keep up the drumbeat of collective bargaining
being fiscal. Please send any edits asap,
Chris Schrimpf
Communications Director
Office ofthe Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimpfiiiwlsconsin.gov
direct fiscal impact such as not allowing management to schedule workers based on operational needs
and requiring notice and approval by the union prior to scheduling changes. As County Executive
Walker attempted to reduce work hours based on budget pressures and workload requirements by
instituting a 35 hour work week to avoid layoffs, which the union opposed. Additionally, government
cannot explore privatization of functions that could save taxpayers money.
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
statement:
unfortunately for the mil/Ions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and
benefits, Senator Julie Lasso and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to I//Inois to get 'to
know a lot of my fellow caucus members.'
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other In another state, Governor Walker is in
Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and make their
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their vote.
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From: Results@TVEyes-Alerts.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:11 AM
To: Gilkes, Keith - GOV
SiJbject: New MMS Alert - Scott Walker
:..are getting pretty heated--with governor scott walker pushing (or a measure that strips
IIIIiilIi!iiii~iilI public workers of their collective bargaining rights. some people In carson city toid ...
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... admlnistratlon to push moammar qaddafi to resign. wisconsin gOY. scott walker Is not
backing down from a controversial spending cut bill despite days of protests. »> the news
1lllliii!E!-"!1ll conference on ...
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... union workers continue to protest the governor scott walker's plan to balance the budget
by calling on unions to pay more toward their pensions, their health care, and give up their
1IIlIl!~~lllI collective bargaining ...
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... Ieave. in wisconsin this morning•.. governor scott walker won't back down from a
1lllliii!E!-"!!ll controversial spending cut bill despite days of protests. he says he's not ...
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... republican governor scott walker's plan to balance the budget. he's calling on unions to
1IIIiili!'ii~1ii pay more ...
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... ++randall++ +» republican scott walker says he will not compromise on the measure. >
.the.state, assembly is set to discuss the ..• '
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... very far from over. republican governor, scott walker, says he wlll not negotiate over his
1ilIiili!=!-Eil!il plan to strip collective bargaining rights away from
employees in unions. meanwhile, state ...
... very far from over. republican governor, scott walker, says he will not negotiate over his
plan to strip collective bargaining rights away from employees in unions. meanwhile, state ...
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plan to strip collective bargaining rights away from employees in unions. meanwhile, state ...
.. .it would be possible to flnd middle ground because of governor walker's firm position on
Ei!!ii!~illI the union issues. dave: 11l1basical1y/ i think we're ... ..
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... despite days of protest, wisconsin governor scott walker isn't backing down from a
EIlliil....ilI controversial bill that would strip public workers of collective bargaining rights •..•
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... hurt.. and 13 had minor to moderate injuries. wisconsin governor scott walker says he will
not negotiate. when it comes to his plan to strip most to his plan to strip most ...
... protest republican governor scott walker's plan to balance the budget by calling on unions
to pay more towards their ...
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.. .Inforrnation. wisconsin governor scott walker isn't backing down from a controversial!
budget bili. despite a week of emotlonaliy-charged demonstrations at the state ...
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... hopes concessions will be made. governor walker has warned if the bill isn't passed, 1800
state workers could be laid off. leslie: representative ...
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... plans to leave. wisconsin governor scott walker Isn't backing down from a controversial
spending cut biil despite days of ...
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... workers in wisconsin. the governor there... scott walker... says he's not willing to.
iiiII~ii1i~.~Li!1 negotiate over his pian to get rid of coilective bargaining rights for many public ...
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02/22/2011 06:04:57 AM
.News 10 Good Morning (News, News)
... and have been condemning the government. In wisconsin, governor walker made his
"-',_:.'" .' --~:: intentions clear, he'll not compromise with protesting teachers. he wants to strip
- collective ".
... deaths. wisconsin governor scott walker isn't backing down from a controversial spending
cut bill despite days of ...
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... wlsconsln governor scott walker 15 not backing down from a controversial spending cut ...
... think it would be possible to find middle ground because of governor walker's firm position
_!5lI!-""ilIon the union issues. dave: ""basically, I think we're negotiating with one man. '...
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... the driver was kllled. »> wisconsin governor scott walker said that he will not negotiate.
1lilIlf:iiiii'!'.lll"" democrats and unions
accepted an increase In the cost of benefits but not removal of ,.,
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02/22/2011 06:14:38 AM
Good Morning San Diego Eariy Edition (News)
... guest»outside of the city of rnadtson, the public sentiment is declslvely with governor
walker. but inside madison, most are sensitive to the unions. dan»as far as these
democrats ...
...» a lot of people think this will spread from state to state, especially if governor waiker
1liliili!i'~iIlll issuccessful. do we see this down to road in california? » they are already having ...
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... didn't think it would be possible to find middie ground because of governor waiker's waiker
iiII!!~- thunn has warned that if the bill isn't passed, 1S-hundred state workers couid be iaid off....
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... despite the near constant chanting in the hallways, governor walker Is standing his
ground. he says his budget bill is the only fix he'll consider....
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... owners in the state. taxpayers supporting governor walker's plans say now Is not the time
.i!'ii~1l1 to raise taxes In order to balance the budget. ....
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02/22/2011 06:46:50 AM
Action 7 News More This Morning (News, News)
... compromises are made. they left the state thursday rather than allow a vote on governor
scott walker's controversial budget reform bill to go ahead. governor walker has warned that
Ifthe bill Isn't passed, ...
Govern<:!LW-'!l~er on WITI-=MIk""L(FQ~i11i\/ji!J!Ke_", WI
02/22/2011 07:00:21 AM
Fox 6 Wake-Up News at 7 (News)
...» now at seven-- budget vote-- today republicans will try to take governor walker's
repair bill one step closerto reality. why extra security Is being brought in to keep lawakers
iililiiiiliii'!"" safe. »and snow again ,..
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... today af the state capitol as the legislature resumes debate on governor scott walker's
budget repair bill. assembly galleries will be open to the public, but visitors will have to
_~. . empty ...
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... keep union collective bargaining rights in tact. governor walker though, says there Is no
iiIiil~~lilI room for compromise and will not give in to the democrats nor the protesters demands .....
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... it would be possible to find middle ground because of governor walker's firm position on
iiIiil'!Oll~ill the union issues. dave: ""basically, I think we're ...
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02/22/2011 07:06:38 AM .
... they plan to offer more than 100 amendments In the state assembly In response to the
governor's budge plans. the bill would cut benefits and remove collective bargaining power
for unions....
... they plan to offer more than 100 amendments In the state assembly In response to the
governor's budge plans. the bill would cut benefits and remove collective bargaining power
for unions....
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'... »this morning democrats plan to offer more than 100 amendments to governor walker's
budget repair billthe democratic minority leader says they have 50 amendments ready to
Introduce and were ... .
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... on any side of this standoff. with protesters kept away,governor scottwalker said 1500
state jobs could be lost by week's end if the democrats don't permit a vote on his so-called
iIill!~~iIlI budget repair bill ...,
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•..on any side of this standoff. With protesters kept away, governor scott walker said 1500
state jobs could be iost by week's end if the democrats don't permit a vote on his so-calied
budget repair bill. ...
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... on any side of this standoff. with protesters kept away, governor scott walker said 1500
state Jobs could be lost by week's end If the democrats don't permit a vote on his 50-called
budget repair bill ....
... on any side of this standoff. with protesters kept away, governor scott walker said 1500
state Jobs could be lost by week's end If the democrats don't permit a vote on his 50-called
budget repair bill ....
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... than 100 chicagoans who stood by their side to take a stand. governor walker says he's
going what -- doing what the state has to do.» there can be 50, 60, 70,000 people
protesting but they ...
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.... south-central wrsconstn- wlll-ca II,for-a strike;",. should govern'or'walker1s··budgee repair" bill
pass. last night, delegates of the south central federation of labor overwhelmingly approved
_iIlUili a, ..
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... one vote shy of the minimum needed to take up the plan. later today governor walker will
address the state ... In a live .fireside chat l. its slated for six tonight... count on channel five
liIllIIIiI&.l!!l'! for coverage, ...
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... unclear how much progress will be made on governor walker's budget repair proposal. the
fIIilllill1LilIl!l bill requires state and public ...
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... hardworklng taxpayers of wisconsin" governor walker says he intends to deliver a live
'fireside chat" with wisconsin residents ...
... not doing anything illegal if they are protesting governor walker's leglslatlon-- and not a
complaint against their employer. but he says teachers could ....
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x.cut back. not surprlslnqlv, 48% say, say that they back governor walker, and 38%ack the
unions, and huge partisan divide there, and republicans and unaffiliated voters are, are
siding with the ...
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... cut back, not-surprlsinqlv- 48%' savr-say-that they back:governor walkeri and' 38% back
the unions, and and 38% back the unions! and huge partisan dlvlde there, and republicans
-iEiii!-lilill and unaffiliated ...
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... >?the budget battle continues today In madison. »republican backers of governor
walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees will try and
ilIll'!=i!olllill move the proposal closer to ...
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...we're doing Is very reasonable.":"> also on the agenda today - governor walker intends
to deliver a live "Tlreslde chat'" tonight.he'll discuss the state's budget callenges and his
vision for ...
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... walker, I think he's doing the right thing. > governor walker was invited to the dinner...
but he didn't attend. students In madison will return to the classroom ...
... soo te can betaken on a measure. governor walker says he will not negotiate. » the local
i/lIlli!iliil~iill and state unions and teachers have agreed to gl gave wa every ...
... to join block the bill. governor walker passing the bill by friday wodeeper cuts necessary.
i'IiiI:i~- ndre oworkers say they ...
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... without the democrats. governor walker will let us know what's going on in the statehouse
during a fireside ...
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... behavior... which they do not condone. governor walker is scheduled to give a fireside
chat to wisconsin residents at 6 tonlqht... and you can see it right here on news 3. he'll ...
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02/22/2011 07:56:25 AM
Good Morning America (News, Talk Show)
... happiness is a day without heartburn. tonight-- governor walker will try to bring his
message to you. he will address the state - in a live speech at six tonight. he will talk about
his budget - ...
... northern countles we're not going down their to protest the governor's adjustment bill
lIiliiilEi!JII1ll 3:43 the group of 100 .... the group of 100 .... will
meet with governor walker ...
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... support stale workers in their stand-off with republican governor, scott walker•. who's
going after public sector- unions. we'll speak live with representative russell and hear what
~~_she ...
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... <> meanwhile... Wisconsin's governor-- scott walker-- says he won't negotiate over the
matter. democrats and the. unions say they would acceptan increase ...
... reflnancing debt, which must be done by friday. governor waiker says there wouid be even
iIiIiIi!ii~i!lI more cutlfhe budget bill is not passed this week. and he says compromises that ...
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02/22/2011 08:03:30 AM
American Morning (News, Talk Show)
... »> stakes got higher in the wisconsin labor standoff. now governor scott walker refusing
, to flinch and threatening to layoff 1,300 government workers by may 1st if his bili doesn't
get pass....
...» yeah. look, the governor of wisconsin! scott walker, I think has come up to this
realization, that if he continues to go down the road that they've been down in wisconsin
. over the iast 15 years ...
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- ... issue of collective bargaining rights. he's also heard governor walker repeat that he will
fI not compromise. scott walker: and for us, wei )re willing to take this as long as it takes
. because, in ...
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... wisconsin governor scott walker says hers not bending .. walker has been in the middle of
• • • this debate for the past ...
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... supporters poured in, keeping. pressure on governor scott walker. (nat sot) senate
republicans holding strong - majority leader scot fitzgeraid saying there will be no changes
to the bill that ...
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... government but for years to come> > also on the agenda, governor walker will Intends to
deliver a live ""fireslde chat'" tonlqnt.he'll discuss the state's budget challenges and his
iIIiIi.iLll!!!l vision for moving ...
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, ... wisconsin governor scott walker is n't backing down from a controversial spending cut bll1
despite days of ...
:""" ... In wisconsin won't end anytime soon.wisconsin governor scott walker says he won't
• negotiate over his plan to strip most collective bargaining rights from nearly every public
. employee.meanwhile, 14 state ...
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_ ." c.'-' ·:..ofprotest today. ail of this centered around wisconsin gov. scott walker. he has pians to
. .• peel back a lot of the worker benefits, that includes requiring workers to pay into their
iIiiiIiI~~1II pension plans, '"
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""""4!'":'Wdown the potential of limiting collective bargaining on a temporary basis, he says your just
1!lii~~1li moving a budget ..• .
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...» Imus: about what. » charles: g,overnor scott walker, over basically the state is
broke, scott walker says essentially, had to put it in these words, that the unions are the
iIiiiIiIilliiliii.liiilli reasons -- are a big part of ...
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... supporting wisconsin governor scott walker's effort to strip workers of their rights to
bargain collectiveiy In order to baiance ...
...I'm In the criminal legal of legislature and the state legislature and the governor about .
what Gov. Scott Walker over basically the state is broke Scott Walker's shows essentially led
to these words with unions or the reasons or are a big part of the reason why there are '"
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... 1want to do my own history quiz. did scott walker Impose marble law? did scott walker
liIiIIl~l.Il!iIl! brutally crack down on religious minorities? the whole thing tsrtdlculous....
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... all right, the unions have conceded to all of these things the governor wanted to save
money and the pensions and the health care is just about collective bargaining? can you give
1IlIiIIl~~1II him that and let ...
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... Iocal units of government came out yesterday against what governor walker wants to do
binding arbitration and they don't want what the governor wants to do and sitting down and
IllilIl!1I!~iil!lI telling workers what to do and ... .
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... » senator, one last thing for you here. governor walker has said the clock Is ticking and
If some packaqe-ls- not-passed-thls-frlday he rnlqht-be looklrrq-at-the-possibllltv to' lay off
1llilIi!&!-"!1lII some ...
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... those that fled the state are now asking governor scott walker to consider a bi-partisan
leadership summit. that's where two ...
... republicans one vote shy of the minimum needed to take up the plan. governor waiker will
address the state... In a live .fireside chat / at six tonigh. count on channel five for coverage.
.... Iease the all-new 2011 jetta s for $179 a month. governor walker announces just this
1iIIIil'!'='i-lil1ili morning that layoff notices could
go out as soon as next ...
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... their absence has kept senate republicans from voting on governor walker's budget repair
.1!!iIil~!lI biil. senate republlcans spoke with their democratic colleagues yesterday, by phone - ....
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... senate democrats still out of town and refuse to come back until governor walker makes a
compromise. walker is warning just this morning that layoff notices could go out as soon as
_~.IIlII next ...
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02/22/2011 08:33:52 AM
Fox 6 Wake-Up News at 8 (News)
... »the budget battle continues today in madison »republican backers of governor
walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees will try and
move the proposal closer to ,..
... to slow down the bill -- and say they're waiting for governor walker to compromise.
hundreds of protesters rallied outside an annual republlcanent. the gop held its lincoln day
liilii5i!liil!-llliill dinner at the paper valley ...
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... > > > the local and state unions and the teachers have agreed to give governor walker
every single penny he's asked for to balance the budget. he should take the offer so we can
1i!l!i1i!lii~1Il come to madison today and... .
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... we're calling for' in' thisbikin dltftcultfer-local-qovemmentt->-> governor walker says g the
b would make deepe necessary. > > > tonight, the the mount consider to close yet
1i!I!i~~ilIl another ...
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... south-central wisconsin will call for a strike... should governor walker's budget repair bill
pass. last night, delegates of the south central federation of labor overwhelmingly approved
1IIliIiIii'!~!!ll a ...
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... supporting teachers and other unions. and governor walker will address the state tonight•
• i!f'Ili~ilIl he plans to speak at six this evening. he pians to talk about his budget - ...
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02/22/2011 09:01:00 AM
Imus in the Morning (Business, Talk Show)
... republicans out of wisconsin want to try to force the democrats to debate governor
walker's blll, the protests some say might be smaller with the teachers headed back to
school and we'll see ...
... compromise. » it doesn't require governor walker to give in or look like he's backing off.
iIlIIii'!E'!JIi1ill he merely has to acceptthe recommendations ofthis ...
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... rnlke tiabl joins from us madison. there are reports that governor walker is saying he will
iIlIIii'!E'!JIiilll send layoff notices out as early as next week in If this deal Is not passed by friday.
'"
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... wtsconstn's state senator jim holperin joins us. » governor walker now says layoff
iIlIIii'!E~ill notices wiii be sent next week. does that change the calculus for you at ali? ...
... in columbus, ohio thousands of expected to show up. to demonstrates against governor
john kasich's, plans it strip workers from some of their power. a look at madison, wisconsin,
... (sy-dull) from wisconsin's 85th district says one of her concerns With governor walker's bill
involves possible changes to medical assistance like badger and senior care....
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... jeff flock is live in madison for us, all right, jeff, governor walker said some interesting
things In a news conference last night. go ahead, what's the reaction this morning? ...
... bravely fighting his addiction which in this analogy makes governor walker crack. walt, no.
look, If i may, there are a few small differences between this and cairo....
... republlcans unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly side with the governor. democrats
overwhelmingly side with the unions. stuart: now, wait a second. what about the
Independent... "
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...will this kill the stock market rally? governor walker doesn't want the state of wisconsin
collecting dues for the unions. Is there a legal obligation for the state to collect money for ...
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... thanks a lot. appreciate it. g.overnor walker doesn't want his state government-collecting
dues for the unlori any more. next, the judge on whether the government should be doing
that '"
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---'. ... because it Is extremely Important to the wisconsin of fair because governor walker wants
, to stop the state from collecting dues for the union. when this happened In new york state In
" 2007 when the transit ...
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... not doing anything illegal if they are protesting governor walker's leglslation-- and not a
complaint against their employer. but he says teachers could ...
... m.l.a. as they try to stop a vote on the tough budget bill. but governor walker threatened
that if democrats don't come home, 1500 state workers could be laid off. tonight, the
governor will give: ..
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... contribute to their health care plan and his thing to do In the days when it is in collective
bargaining governor Walker lined he is negotiating all the reality is coming to get you on
about Inflation however when voters go unlonbustlng and this is really working around the ...
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...» thank you. '''' "n later today! goVernor walker addresses you about his
iliIIili(iliili-lilllll budget repair bill. now at eleven.. his warning about layoffs Ifthis bill doesn't ...
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... in the house side, slow it down/ much to the chagrin of governor walker because he is
imploring wisconsin democrats to move forward With this controversial bill » for us to do
the same ,.,
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- ... stalemate continues in the state of Wisconsin. governor walker saying today the state
could send layoff notices to state works and"thosecould comeas soon as next week. » this
-i!""'io"lfill as state senate ...
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••.want to make her that's what it's about because of Wisconsin you've got people who got
you to the governor. Walker say hey I really need to renegotiate the state 40 union
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contracts in order to balance the portrait of the people that are one of those units ...
I slightiy edited. I think we need to get this out soon. We need to keep up the drumbeat of collective bargaining
being fiscal. Piease send any edits asap. .
Chris Schrimpf
Communications Director
Office ofthe Governor
Press Office: 608-267-7303
Email: chris.schrimp[@wisconsin.gov
Along with this release Governor Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, released the following
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statement:
Unfortunately for the millions of taxpayers who are currently paying these Senators' salaries and
benefits, Senator Julie Lassa and her 13 colleagues decided to take a 6 day vacation to Illinois to get 'to
know a lot of my fellow caucus members.' .
While Senate Democrats are getting acquainted with each other in another state, Governor Walker is in
Wisconsin working to balance the state budget. Senators should return to Wisconsin and moke their
voice heard through the democratic process by casting their vote.
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