Reports are coming in from Wisconsin that state Republicans could be on the verge of doing an end-run around state Senate Democrats — who have fled the state in order to block the three-fifths budget quorum on Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill and its anti-public employee union provisions. The apparent solution: Convene a special conference committee this evening to strip out the fiscal elements of the budget repair bill — and then pass the anti-union proposals with simple majority quorums.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=113732