AP: Wisconsin Assembly agrees to deal ending debate

[flpoljunkie]

(Am not sure what this means. Doesn't sound good.)

Wisconsin Assembly agrees to deal ending debate
The Associated Press

Thursday, February 24, 2011; 7:31 AM

MADISON, Wis. -- Republicans and Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly have agreed to a deal that will limit further debate on a bill taking away collective bargaining rights for public workers and lead to a vote on the measure later Thursday.

The deal was announced shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday following an unprecedented 40-hour debate that began Tuesday morning with only short breaks in between.

Democrats agreed to limit further amendments to just 38 with a 10-minute time limit on each one. If they take the maximum time for each, with no breaks, that would put the vote around noon.

Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan says democracy is being limited with the agreement and Democrats still plan to strenuously make their arguments over the last hours of debate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/24/AR2011022402083.html

[MadBadger]

1. It still hasnt gotten past the senate though

[napi21]

3. If David Schuster is right, he said the missing Dems would not reurn until this passed the Assembly

& was accepted by the majority of te pubs in the Senate. That's the only way I owuld accept anything like that!

[Kdillard]

5. Why? I thought the point was for this travesty to not pass.

[krispos42]

6. Democrats still plan to strenuously make their arguments /= victory

and we need victory!

[flpoljunkie]

4. It does look like Walker's bill which would end collective bargaining will pass in the Assembly

[Kdillard]

2. I hope this doesn't mean they are giving in. They should be calling for the Governor to resign and

this bill to be canned permanently.