Wisconsin Governor Stands Like a Stonewall While One Moderate Republican In Senate Shakes Like Jelly
Governor Stands Like a Stonewall
Moderate Republican Made of Jelly Offer Deals in
Wisconsin
With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker maintaining a hard
line on his budget bill and Democratic senators refusing to return
to Madison to vote, attention is turning to a group of moderate
Republican senators to negotiate a compromise to the stalemate that
has drawn thousands of protesters to the state capital for a
week.
One moderate Republican wants to take away collective
bargaining "for two years" and then restore them. The bill being
pushed by majorities in both houses abolish collective bargaining
permanently and restore fiscal balance.
Governor Walker, a Republican says "It will never get to me
because other than that one state senator, all the rest of the
Republicans are firmly behind our proposal," Mr. Walker said in the
interview, calling it an unacceptable short-term fix.
On Sunday, Mr. Walker said during an interview with
Fox News that he was "willing to take this as long as it takes
because in the end we're doing the right thing for
In another report from Wisconsin:
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So far, there's little evidence of a move to compromise.
"Won't happen, won't happen, won't happen," said Senate Majority
Leader Scott Fitzgerald. The Juneau Republican said he spoke with
every member of his caucus over the weekend and they remained "rock
solid" in their support for Walker's plan, even if they had some
internal disagreements earlier.
Over in Michigan:
Michigan orders DPS to make huge cuts
State education officials have ordered Robert Bobb to
immediately implement a financial restructuring plan that balances
the district's books by closing half of its schools, swelling high
school class sizes to 60 students and consolidating
operations.