wisconsin, the response was explosive, with no way to win an up or down vote in the senate, wisconsin senate democrats decided to filibuster with their feet, they left the state so republicans couldn't get the quorum they needed to vote on the bill. democrats in assembly stayed, and when republicans first passed the bill in assembly, it looked like this. ultimately republicans jammed the governor's union stripping plan through in a strange, hastily called late night committee over the last objections by minority democrats. >> this is clearly a violation. if you've been shutting people down, it is improper for you to move forward. this is a violation of the open meanings law. >> outside the hearings rooms, protestors had taken over the wisconsin state capitol in madison, camping out day after day in the rotunda and marching in the streets.