Just how is the way Wisconsin Republicans have handled the political confrontation over worker rights different than the way Washington, DC Democrats handled last year's health care vote?
With apologies in advance to Ezra for taking some liberties with his column yesterday evening in theWashington Post:
What happened in Wisconsin [Washington DC] tonight [last March]
By Ezra Klein [Bob Laszewski]
Here's what just happened [last March] in Wisconsin [Washington, DC]: The rules of the state's [U.S.]Senate require a quorum [60 votes] for any measures that do [don't] spend money. That's how the absence of the Senate's Democrats [the election loss in Massachusetts] could stymie Gov. Scott Walker's [the Democrat's efforts] to block [pass] the proposed budget law [the new health care bill] -- it spent [parts didn't spend] money, and thus it needed a quorum [60 votes].
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