Shame! Shame!

Early on Friday morning, the assembly entered the 61st hour of continuous floor debate on the Budget Fix bill. The assembly democrats had more than a hundred amendments they offered. Suddenly before most knew what was happening a roll call vote occurred, leaving 25 democrats unaware of the vote. This led to the democrats standing up and shouting "shame!"

This both disappointed and excited the labor movement. A vote was lost, to unseemly tactics, and were one step closer to the bill passing, any hope of the current bill being amendment was lost. However, Governor Scott Walker expected the bill to have been signed as of Friday the 18th. A week later the bill just passed one house of the legislature. In the meantime, the assembly Democrats had excited the protesters through their stubborn stance in spite of the inevitable defeat. Assembly Democrats stood up, represented the will of those they represented and pushed hard to slow down the bill.