that last point really steamed republican lawmaker, senate senator bill sykes. >> folks, you all remember the old line, you can't fight city hall. under this bill public employees can't talk to city hall. >> holy smokes, he's talking like a democrat. seitz was a member of the senate labor committee. he was set to vote against the bill in committee. he would have split the vote 6-6, and prevented it from reaching the senate floor. so here comes the boss. senate president tom niehaas replaced seithz and replaced him with a republican. the vote 7-5. another split vote was expected. republican scott oelslagger voiced opposition to the bill. niehaus removed him as well.