Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald said he decided to adjourn the Assembly this evening because Gov. Scott Walker called minutes before lawmakers took the floor to tell him to get his caucus members and staff out of the building because their safety could no longer be assured.
Fitzgerald told WisPolitics exclusively about the guv's call after the Assembly ended a tense, 30-minute floor session. As the Republicans made moves to pass the controversial budget repair bill without Dem participation, a throng of thousands of protesters outside the chamber grew louder and louder.
There have been reports of threats against lawmakers throughout the week, and Fitzgerald was escorted out of the building by sheriff deputies.
UPDATE: A Walker spokesman declined comment.
UPDATE: The GOP Assembly leadership -- Speaker Fitzgerald, Majority Leader Scott Suder and JFC Co-chair Robin Vos -- have issued a statement reaffirming their commitment to pass the bill next week.
"The leadership of the Assembly has decided to recess due to security concerns. We will reconvene on Tuesday morning and are confident that the security concerns will no longer exist. We are committed as ever to pass Governor Walker’s Budget Repair Bill and will do so next week," the statement reads. "Millions of taxpayers spoke in November and we will not let them down. We have a fiscal crisis that can’t be ignored. We have the votes to pass the bill; it is only a matter of time."
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When the Left took control in 2006, and solidified it in 2008, and began to run roughshod over Americans and the American economy The Tea Parties formed.
In 2010 we restored a bit of balance, both in D.C. and in the states.
And in that time, during the Tea Parties, even during the mammoth rallies in D.C., no legislative body was evacuated for their own safety.
The Left is having a hissy of epic proportions.
Wispolitics:
Jeff Fitzgerald: Assembly adjourned because of threats
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- Wisconsin Protests May Swell To 70,000
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Surreal
When the Left took control in 2006, and solidified it in 2008, and began to run roughshod over Americans and the American economy The Tea Parties formed.
In 2010 we restored a bit of balance, both in D.C. and in the states.
And in that time, during the Tea Parties, even during the mammoth rallies in D.C., no legislative body was evacuated for their own safety.
The Left is having a hissy of epic proportions.
Wispolitics:
Jeff Fitzgerald: Assembly adjourned because of threats
-
Washington Times: House GOP revolts against Boehner plan House Republicans do not have enough support to pass their debt-ceiling increase plan on their own, a top conservative said Tuesday as his party’s leaders tried to cobble together a coalition...
- The Chickenshits Caved!
Boehner played chicken and flinched. NO defunding of Planned Parenthood. NO reigning in of the EPA. NO defunding of Obamacare. ONLY $38 billion in cuts. That's equal to the American cost of only 19 days in Libya. $500 billion over ten years. TEN YEARS....
-
Examiner: WI Senate Republicans forced to flee Madison due to angry mob of union people Wisconsin Republican State Senators were forced to flee their own capital of Madison yesterday after the significant vote where they finally succeeded in removing...
- Wisconsin Protests May Swell To 70,000
Fox: Saturday's Protests in Wisconsin Expected to Be Biggest Yet Published February 19, 2011 In the wake of a budget standoff in Wisconsin that has captured national attention and paralyzed the state, protesters on both sides are expected to clash...
- Is John Mccain Robert E Lee With The Right Nation Behind Him?
UPDATE AT BOTTOM: McCAIN TAKING ADS DOWN Said of Genl Lee on his appointment as commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia: "He'll take more chances and take'em quicker than anyone can imagine" So we had Palin , and now today.......