Published February 17, 2011, 08:51 AM
-- The stage is set for a Wisconsin Senate vote today on a budget-balancing measure that scales back bargaining rights for most state-and-local public unions. The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 just before midnight in favor of a slightly-modified version of Governor Scott Walker’s proposals, which have drawn massive protest demonstrations by unions all week.
Budget passes Joint Finance and will be debated and voted on in State Senate
Wisconsin News-- The stage is set for a Wisconsin Senate vote today on a budget-balancing measure that scales back bargaining rights for most state-and-local public unions. The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 just before midnight in favor of a slightly-modified version of Governor Scott Walker’s proposals, which have drawn massive protest demonstrations by unions all week.
