It’s early in the conversation, but the best local voice of union and non-union workers in the state, Sly in the Morning, talked with John Nichols about the unconstitutional power grab by the Majority Leader Sen. Scott Fitzgerald to deny their elected leaders a vote.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald wrote in an email to his caucus that Senate Democrats remain in contempt of the Senate … "They are free to attend hearings, listen to testimony, debate legislation, introduce amendments, and cast votes to signal their support/opposition, but those votes will not count, and will not be recorded."
Jsonline: Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Polar) said Fitzgerald's letter appeared to be a "mean-spirited response from a man who lost the battle of public opinion." Jauch said the issue of the senators' presence is moot because Gov. Scott Walker has signed the bill.
Wispolitics: Sen. Fred Risser said that during his record 54 years in the Legislature, he's "never seen any attempt to deny duly elected legislators their right to vote.”"Who does Senator Fitzgerald think he is? Just because his brother is the Speaker of the Assembly and his best friend is the Governor of Wisconsin does not give him the power to decide who can and cannot vote in the State Senate. His statement that Senate Democrats can no longer vote in committee is the height of arrogance."
Liberal group One Wisconsin Now responded that the decision denies the vote to lawmakers representing a total of 2.2 million Wisconsinites.
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