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Democrat lawmakers in Wisconsin fled the statehouse in an effort to prevent legislators from reaching a quorum and passing a bill put forth by Gov. Scott Walker (R), which would cripple the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions.

Law enforcement officials have been looking for at least one Democratic senator to bring in for a quorum required for the vote. All Democrat lawmakers boarded a bus and left the state. They settled in a hotel in Rockford, Illinois.

Public schools in the state capital, Madison, remained closed, as teachers called in sick and students walked out. Gov. Walker hinted that the National Guard would be called in to fill the void left by protesting union workers.

On Wednesday, there were an estimated 30,000 protesters rallying in front of the state capitol building, and on Thursday that number was estimated at even higher. Crowds engulfed the state legislature's hallways and its lawns.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Gov. Walker's plan to eliminate the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin teachers, nurses, and other workers was just the kind of thing the Republican majority was trying to accomplish in Washington.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/17/wisconsin-protests-scott-walker-police_n_824697.html
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