The Senate needs 20 members present to vote on the budget bill, but only 17 for certain bills that are not related to finance (I believe that is correct, please update me in the comments if I have this wrong.)

I'm doing this quickly because I heard the interview on my way to work.

Madison schools out again, state workers have a collectively-bargained furlough day, so another huge crowd expected today.

Call the Republican senators and tell them to listen to the people of Wisconsin. Gotta run.

Solidarity.

P.S. My wife worked with Senator Erpenbach's wife at a school in Madison a number of years ago. That's Wisconsin.



I just cancelled my Nissan LEAF reservation as an example of something people can do to help this movement. Here is what I emailed to them after cancelling:

I just cancelled my reservation for a LEAF, and I want to tell you why. I live in Wisconsin. My wife is a teacher. You may have noticed we've been having some debates about worker rights lately. As much as I admire the concept behind the LEAF and the positive statement my owning one would make to others about our environment, I cannot in good conscience spend $30,000.00+ on a car built in a non-union factory in a state that is attempting to weaken worker rights even more. If you ever relocate the production to a union factory, I will take another look at the LEAF.