Republican Wisconsin senators bypass Democrats in vote on collective bargaining

Senate Republicans abruptly passed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to sharply curtail collective-bargaining rights for public employees Wednesday night, using a legislative maneuver to approve the measure without 14 Democratic senators who fled the state in an effort to block it.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030900299.html?wprss=rss_politics

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