The Wisconsin state Senate?s 14 Democrats left Madison last week, and Republican leaders in the chamber now say they?ll be on the floor Tuesday with or without them. Provisions of Governor Scott Walker?s budget repair bill would radically restrict the ability of state workers to collectively bargain, and Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) said Democrats will stay away as long as necessary to oppose that. ?He wanted us to come back and do our jobs and debate the proposals,? Erpenbach said of statements Walker had made. ?And then in the very next sentence, he says he?s not going to negotiate this. So it doesn?t make any sense to me for us come back and debate something that?s not negotiable. That?s ridiculous.?
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