us in, they could bring up the whole thing again, reinsert the language all over and make us vote immediately. so again, it comes to an issue of trust with the senate republicans. so no, we are going to sit tight here for awhile. are all 14 sitting tight. is there u nan i am tee on this? yes, this is. thanks for helping us sort this out. i imagine we will be in touch in coming days. all right. we ll talk to you soon. thank you. this is obviously a huge night in the course of this wisconsin story. and the wisconsin story was and is and will continue to be a major national story with implications for every state in the union. you want some evidence? karl rove, remember him? karl rove and his undisclosed billionaire club funders have entered the fray on the wisconsin story as of today. filmmaker michael moore was in madison this past weekend. he is here in the studio with me tonight. please stay tuned. er ] if you get caught by surprise, always leakguard protection
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from. those state senators need to come back and listen to all sides. shepard: republicans need one of the democratic state senators to be present for a vote. for now, a stalemate. a quorum is 20 and there are 19 republicans. according to a recent report from the state s version of the congressional budget office, wisconsin was on track to end this fiscal year pore than $120 million in the black! but the associated press reports that the governor s business tax cuts will end up costing the state $100 million the next three years so there are two sides. and now live from madison. mike, it is our understanding protests are getting outside help? reporter: the message is clear as we look at the packed capital, the message communicated was clear. you threaten one union you threaten them all when go to the core of the strength, the ability to bargain collectively
employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions. and i think it s very important for us to understand that public employees, they re our neighbors. they re our friends. okay. okay. good. but we need a little bit more. the president has let that sound bite stand on its own for over a week. in the past eight days this story has completely changed, intensified, and evolved. one week ago today the wisconsin 14 left the state to block the governor from getting his way on the bill. on saturday over 80,000 people filled the capitol grounds in madison and governor walker rejected an offer from all the wisconsin public employee unions that would have given him the money that he was asking for. remember? there was a big budget crisis. protests continued throughout the week. then a bombshell story hit on