senators left wisconsin to try to prevent the bill from passing, scott walker said this. i have great respect for those who have chosen a career this government. i really do. despite a lot of rhetoric we heard over the past 11 days, the bill i put forward isn t aimed at state workers. it certainly isn t a battle with unions. the legislation i put forward is about one thing. it s about balancing our budget now and in the future. come, come now. of course the bill was not just about balancing the budget. now we have proof that scott walker was determined to destroy unions from the minute he took office. newly released footage from a documentary shot in january 2011 shows walker talking to one of his billionaire donors about his agenda. any chance we ll get to be a completely red state and work on these unions and become a right to work? what can we do to help you? we re going to start in a couple of weeks with our budget
considering their own bill that would weaken collective bargaining in rights. in indiana, they took a page from the democrats in wisconsin. they re staging a walkout denying the 2/3 needed to pass the bill. political stakes getting higher and higher as democrats still across the border refusing to go back to vote on some of those spending bills. the governor went on tv last night to try to appeal to some of his opponents. you see, despite a lot of the rhetoric we ve heard over the last 11 days, the bill i put forward isn t aimed at state workers. and certainly isn t a battle with unions. the legislation i put forward is about one thing. it s about balancing our budget now and in the future. and as you know, 14 senate democrats have been in hiding in illinois. threatened with recalls and having their paychecks withheld now, and no indication of when
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in wisconsin has spread to ohio and indiana. scott walker went on statewide television defending his plan to close a $137 million state budget gap by putting new limits and restreictions on bargaining by unions. the bill i put forward isn t aimed at state workers and it isn t a battle with unions. if it was, we would have eliminated collective bargaining entirely or gone after the private sector unions. walker s address comes after a week of protests by wisconsin teachers and state workers and a walkout by the democrats. lawmakers held hearings on a bill stripping union workers of their collective bargaining rights in ohio. we are joined from the scene of the debate in ohio.
you see, despite a lot of the rhetoric we ve heard over the last 11 days, the bill i put forward isn t aimed at state workers. and it certainly isn t a battle with unions. the legislation i put forward is about one thing. it s about balancing our budget. now and in the future. well, we are seeing similar scenes in ohio, as well. take a look at that. thousands of demonstrators in the state house in columbus. they are opposed to a bill there. they chanted kill the bill there. unlike wisconsin, ohio s budget bill expands the field of public workers affected to include police and firefighters. and the ohio governor says he s trying to restore balance to the system, not destroy the unions. then in indiana, they re taking a page from the wisconsin playbook. house democrats staging a walkout in that state, as well. the chairman says the lawmakers will return when republicans