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Democrats flee Wisconsin Senate to slow anti-union bill

Sometimes the best way to make a statement is to go away for a bit...

 

Opponents cheered when the Senate announced it could not proceed without Democrats

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin have left the capitol to try to slow a bill aimed at curtailing public employees' collective bargaining rights.

Wisconsin teachers, prison guards and others crowded into the capitol to protest against the Republican bill.
They described it as an attack on workers' livelihoods.
Republicans in Washington DC and state capitals have moved to cut government spending this year, including on public worker pay, in a bid to curb deficits.
The legislation had been expected to pass the Republican-led Wisconsin state legislature on Thursday.
But Wisconsin Senate rules require 20 senators to be present for a quorum; Republicans hold 19 seats and the Democrats 14. Senate Democrats did not show up for the session, and aides told reporters they did not know where the legislators had gone.
The Democratic senators said they would not return before Saturday.