meanings law. you re not allowing amendments, and that is wrong. mr. chairman, this is a violation of law. republicans didn t listen to the voices of wisconsin because this was their plan all along. scott walker showed his hand when he was recorded last year by a blogger pretending to be billionaire walker supporter david koch. this is an exciting time. i told my cabinet i had a dinner the sunday excuse me, monday right after the sixth. came home from the super bowl when the packers won. that monday night, i had all my cabinet over to the residence for dinner. talked about what we were going to do, how we were going to do it. it was kind of last hooray before we dropped the bomb. i stood up and pulled out a picture of ronald reagan. this may seem a little melodramatic, but 30 years ago, ronald reagan, whose 100th
them, the middle class and the well being of this country. in february of 2011, the people of this state objected to walker s radical plan to strip public employee unions of their bargaining rights. the ed show heard the outcry and came to wisconsin to see it for ourselves. this wasn t about union organizing. this is about people fighting for what made this country great, a thriving middle class in america. the passion on display is what made 14 senate democrats leave the state and try to stop the law from going through. republicans didn t listen to people and went ahead with it any way. representative, excuse me. it said if there s any doubt as to whether good cause exist, the governmental body should provide 24 hours notice. this is clearly a violation of the law. you re shutting people down, it s improper for you to move forward. this is a violation of the open
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. this was madison, wisconsin, on february 16. here s madison on february 26. by march 12, madison saw one of its largest political protests ever, 100,000 people marching in the streets for the rights of teachers, snow plow drivers, and, and, and. wisconsin republicans ultimately got their way, governor scott walker signed the union stripping bill and a divided supreme court ruled it could stand, but today, today in wisconsin, the chickens began coming home to roost for wisconsin republicans. democrats and wisconsin who cared about union rights recalled republican state senators. they only need to recall three
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, 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.