Mar 3, 2011 ... The Wisconsin budget controversy has generated sharp rhetorical ... over  collective bargaining rights and compensation for state and local ... that "Most  federal employees do not have collective bargaining for benefits, nor for pay." ...  One of the 14 state Senate Democrats who fled Wisconsin to slow a vote ...
Feb 24, 2011 ... PolitiFact Wisconsin and PolitiFact National have also published several other ...  The Wisconsin Democratic Party claimed on its Facebook page that the . ... " These are many of the same senators who, two years ago, rammed through a  billion-dollar tax hike in 24 hours with no public input," Walker declared.
Aug 20, 2018 ... Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, ... analysis of all  bills enacted into state law over the past two decades .... percent — compared to  the 2009-10 session under Democratic Gov. ... including a multibillion-dollar  deficit, "double-digit tax increases and .... 6 comments · 3 hours ago.
Feb 27, 2011 ... In 2009, Wisconsin's Democratic governor and Democratic ... State lawmakers  approved the bill on the very day it was introduced, with no ... A tax increase over  a billion dollars was done by the Governor and State ... rammed through a billion  dollar tax increase after allowing no debate! ... 4 comments.
Nov 3, 2009 ... applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the ...  sponsorship or recommendation by the Pew Center on the States. .....  requirement for some or all tax increases or budget ... for fiscal year 2010 (which  began on July 1, 2009, .... not decided how to bridge a $1 billion gap in the.
In 2009, Democratic Wisconsin state senators "rammed through a billion-dollar tax hike in 24 hours with no public input."