we avoided that in wisconsin. some states cut core servicings like medicaid, but in wisconsin, we added some $1.2 billion to medicaid

we avoided that in wisconsin. some states cut core services like medicaid, but in wisconsin, we added some $1.2 billion to medicaid and our reforms allowed us to expand family care, our long-term care program for seniors all across the state. [ applause ] >> still other states used budget tricks. i didn't want to pass that on to my sons and their generation. i wanted our kids and grand kids to grow up in a wisconsin that's at least as great as the one we inherited. [ applause ] with that in mind, we balanced a $3.6 billion budget deficit with long-term structural reforms. we thought more about the next generation than we did about the next election. [ applause ] and isn't that what you elected us to do? [ applause ] we kept our promises. it's why our ranking as a good place to create jobs actually wept up faster than any state in the country last year. [ applause ] we went from years of being ranked in the bottom ten to break into the top half of states to do business and hire people. because employers appreciate

jobs, wisconsin added new jobs in 2011. business formations are up by 2% and our unemployment rate is down from a year ago. in fact, wisconsin's unemployment rate is not only lower than the national average, it's actually much better to our neighbors in the south in illinois. [ applause ] most importantly, we improved the climate for job creators here in wisconsin the last year. today, 94% of our job creators believe wisconsin is headed in the right direction. that compares to just 10% who thought the same thing two years ago. and a majority of those employers say they're going to grow in 2012. they'll join companies like uline or hudson, collaborative conning or shop go in green bay, city brewing in lacrosse, all of whom announced in uh jobs during the past year. i was in superior just a few weeks ago when they announced they're adding 600 new jobs. [ applause ] this was a great team effort. and, in fact is the major said that day to us it was the largest jobs project in the region since world war ii. [ applause ] but the

that's the spirit of wisconsin. i've seen it in the faces of volunteers who show up to help after tornadoes in places like merrill or lacrosse. and i've always seen it in the face of our men and women in uniform like the men and women from the 724th. [ applause ] moving forward, i believe that spirit of wisconsin will help us improve the state of our economy, the state of our budget, the state of oour schools and most importantly, i believe the spirit of wisconsin will help us all improve the lives of each and every citizen in our great state. now is the time for action. now is the time to get our state working again. now is the time to move wisconsin forward. [ applause ]

we make a great example of that in wisconsin. for the years prior, for half a decade before i took office, wisconsin saw an average property tax increase of $220 million per year. a $220 million per year increase on average. this past december, after all reforms went into effect, at the end of june, we saw for the first time in years, school property tax levies go down $47 million in wisconsin. [applause] in the years before i took office, the previous administration's policies brought about more than $3 billion worth of tax increases on the people of wisconsin. in contrast, the budget we passed last year and i signed into law actually lowered the overall tax burden to the people in my state. we proved we put the power back into the hands of the taxpayers and that, more than anything anyone else says, that is truly about protecting the middle- class. in addition to economic and fiscal reform, we took on government reform, as well. it is one of the things that drive the liberals crazy. we demanded that our government work better.

the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. petri: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. bishop: in 1972, the wild an scenic river act was used on this part of the river even though there was an existing bridge on that river. now the safety of that bridge is creating problems for people and the traffic buildup is creating problems for people and actually the national parks service already had met with everybody, found a way to build a new bridge, mitigate the adverse circumstances and an agreement was reached until outside groups who came in here with this dogmatic reverence for the wild and scenic river act basically took it to court, threw everything away and we have now exacerbated the problem. wild and scenic river, on a clear day if the traffic does not produce enough smog because it's backed up getting across the river, you can see an arena, the spoke stacks of a power plant and maybe the orange jumpsuit of this -- jumpsuits of

over the last year since the last election voters in wisconsin are standing up and speaking out about these actions to repeal decades worth of progress in just a matter of weeks and they're really particularly upset because they feel like they were deceived in the course of the election we didn't know any of this was coming and so people are as i said speaking out taking action i've seen that all over the state what do you think about the the the we just saw this primary down from the republican primary. newt gingrich two to one in south carolina that wasn't enough and so in florida he ran. the campaign outspending five to one but we know it looks like the super pacs might about spending one hundred or more to one year in thirteen thousand ads versus gingrich's two hundred ads i mean this is big outside money coming into the state what's the consequence of this kind of money in politics now as a result of citizens united decision i want to tie the answer right back into the struggle of the working families of the middle class are having right now their voices are being drowned out cer

board in wisconsin.rs are certifying the million signature petitions that are are expected to put the scott walker recall on the ballot. they want to march on that office. so yeah, the masterlock insourcing american job story has national rest on nance, so does the turn for the weird in wisconsin's own politics. joining now is tammy baldwin, democrat representing the second district and running for the open u.s. senate seat in her state. representative baldwin, thank you for being with us, appreciate you having you here. >>> great to join you, rachel. >> does governor walker have the authority to use that mortgage settlement money at his discretion? can doe whatever he wants with it? >> well, there is certainly a portion of the settlement funds that is going through the states, but it is my belief and i'm absolutely outraged by his statement he will use this to plug a hole in his budget. when clearly the purpose of the settlement was to try to start making people whole again after the fraud and illegal a

and koch brother money is pouring in wisconsin. >> wisconsin put an end to abuses of collective bargaining, putting taxpayers back in control. >> one of the wisconsin 14 is here with a major announcement. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. last night's election results told us two things about the republicans, mitt romney has serious issues and trouble in the middle of the country and rick santorum is taking advantage of it. here is the score board, romney has won three states, newt gingrich has won south carolina and rick santorum has the lead, won four states all in the middle of the country, which is interesting. i'll explain. rick santorum is covering big territory, mitt romney is performing worse in those states than he did in 2008. how is he moving forward? he did four points worse in missouri and didn't win a single county. for instance in minnesota he came in third and lost 24 points than he did last time. in colorado, he lost 25 points from 2008. if you want to look at one county as an example of mitt romney's problems in middle class america, middle

look at private sector job growth in wisconsin. for the last seven months of 2011, holy smokes, that sucker is sinking like a stone, that is bad. instead of creating jobs, walker has focused on let's see tax cuts for the wealthiest wisconsinites and corporations. that is the first thing he did when he got in office. scott walker's policies, my friends are killing jobs in the state and he is suffering for it and so are the people of that state. he's leading the charge, he's the radical governor that has the template to go after unions. here are numbers that are going in the other direction. president obama's job approval is at 50% in the polls. hold it right there. think about all the super pac money out there all the negative publicity that all the righties are throwing at president obama, heck, he's going up in the polls. this shows the average of all national polls, the approval rating where is it going? trending up. his popularity is going up as the economy improves. president obama went to wisconsin today to basically give ever

if these proceedings are being televised in wisconsin. >> she's extremely fond of wisconsin.veryone in wisconsin, just don't read that part. >> in fact, there is a word in your transcript i always wondered how to spell. in describing wisconsin in the winter, she said, ewwwwww. >> she actually said she didn't like a single person that she met in wisconsin except for the people that worked for jack, and in west virginia she liked almost everyone she met. >> that's right. but, dick, obviously she brought great charisma to the art of campaigning and was an asset from well before the election. in the hard work of daily politicking, how did the staff feel about her? >> oh, she was great. i am sorry that she was not as happy about wisconsin as i saw her, because we were in a main street broken down storehouse, and that was the headquarters. and i remember her being there with writing and things, and at least entertaining the people who came. they found who she was and they wanted to visit with her, and they did. so i do not remember her bad part of that. i do remember that there was

meet wisconsin state representative joel clayfish.e video clearly shows him voting for an absent member. but there he is voting for someone else. the rule clearly states, only the members present in the assembly chamber may vote. so what's his excuse? >> it depends how you interpret the rule. the bathroom counts as the chamber and the parlor counts as the chamber. they yell lies at us. they shoot specific video of me when he could have had video of 24 to 50 other people at that time. >> the bathroom counts as the chamber? well, now to be fair, this happened with democrats in wisconsin as well. but what democrats haven't done is signed the harshest voter i.d. bill in the country. that's what state representative clayfish signed on to. but he's not the only republican coughing about voter fraud while committing it. last month the undercover team in new hampshire trying to get ballots with the names of dead people. last week the maine republican party chair blamed e-mail spam for votes not tallied. and now we have wisconsin representativ

. >> we heard of her style of campaigning in wisconsin -- >> she loved wisconsin as carolyn said. it's good that there's not elections going on in wisconsin. she is very fond of wisconsin. >> in fact, there's a word in your transcript, i wondered how to spell in describing wisconsin in the winter she says ewww. she said that, i think that she do not like a single person that she met in wisconsin except for the people that worked for jack and in west virginia, she liked almost everyone she met. >> that is right, dick, obviously she was an asset from well before the election how did, in the daily work of politicing, how did the staff feel about her? >> she is great. and i'm sorry that she was not as happy about wisconsin as i saw her. because we were in the main street, broken down store house. and that was the headquarters. and i remember her being there with writing and things and at least entertaining the people who came, they found out who she was and they wanted to visit with her and they did, so i do not remember her bad part of that. i do remember that there was a pester sale

guest: this is what wisconsin has been about ithe past. here is a republican that calls me up and does not agree with me on everything and voted for me independently. this is what we have to get back to instead of this blood and guts stuff. i thank you for your attitude. i have been thinking on a daily basis of what kind of budget i would put together a. when i came to the senate, i came with specific plan that had to do with ideas, larger ideas about closing tax loopholes. we puthat into place. working with both parties, we got rid of the deficit before george bush got into office. part of the answer is going to have to be not having the bush tax cuts extended forever. i think people should have a seris exemption of up to $10 million per couple. it is not necessary to give up that revenue. i think there are many places where we can identify programs at do not work. i had a great deal of success in the senate. identifying things that no longer had their usefulness. ronald reagan was right when he said the closest thing to immortality is a

on wisconsin's three, we're going to lower the height on 23rd street to 40 feet as well. so that we do not have to pop through that existing limit. really, the planned steps down. it is easier to see a model because of the typography on the site. it really stepped down to what is around it, where it is appropriate to step down. the building of blocks a and b are three story buildings, even though we are proposing a 40 foot height limit, we are not proposing to build buildings that are 40 feet. they will be more like 30, 35 feet. so, we are trying hard to respect the character of what is around it. we are also not trying to mimic what is around it. for instance, the buildings that we are proposing, they are designed to look like 25 ft. wide buildings, even though they are 75 wide buildings. we are trying to make them look like single-family homes or two family homes as much as possible. supervisor cohen: what do you anticipate the proposed phasing of the construction project to be? overbought estimated time? >> the project will proceed in a minimum of three phases. there a

what a huge road wen this will be for wisconsin. -- win this will be for wisconsin. do you make the first? >> mike: no way you can make the play if you just plan on missing the first. because you get the tip, no way to get a 3 out of it. >> tim: unless they can get added time on the clock and i don't think they will. lo okfoin. k back then he had something more important to do h hse wan'cut cu sed n fuhis future. but fortunel somebody elseas t at usaa we provide reetirement planning fouor our military, veters ndir their filil s. now more than ever, it's importanto figeficinanalal ae dvice from people wha s yhare your military value. f for our freesa a retimeuint guide, call 877-242-usaa. >> tim: tonight on cbs, begins with a special edition of "60 minutes" and then "the amazing race" and "the mentalist" and ""csi miami"." and they do want to look at the time remaining with the foul. with .3, no time to make a first and then hope to miss the second and get the tap-out for 3 and a 4-point sequence. >> mike: but they will look right here and a good job by wisconsin of b

one way one year ago this week wisconsin governor with scott walker found out what happens when you go after unions in a state where unions were born since then a lot more has happened a massive recall effort ousted two republican senators from office last year and an even bigger recall effort is put walker himself in danger of recall or perhaps most importantly the labor movement has awakened in america joining me now to revisit the uprising in wisconsin on its one year anniversary and where we go from here is john nichols washington correspondent with the nation magazine and author of the new book uprising our wisconsin renew the politics of protest from madison to wall street john welcome why that's the that's the best introduction i've had yet. this is the you were standing in madison a year ago i mean it was you live there i mean i spent most of my time in madison and and i should you know any viewers who knew or tuning in should know that some of the very first interviews i did from madison were with you yeah there were a handful of people recognized early on before things took o

i'll have more on the one year anniversary the wisconsin uprising up later in tonight's daily take. after the break the republicans war and labor is heating up yet again who are they going after this time and why i can't hardworking americans catch a break with conservatives. pepper spray not just burn your eyes right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. this is much stronger than anything you could buy off. thousands of times stronger than any kind of bird you ever put you know. just. can't believe. how much harm. coming out. welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour republican strike against their war on labor who is the latest victim and why do republicans love to go after them also close to passing two highly controversial bills would greatly reduce women's rights puts the context of these two absurd bills for the put the women of virginia at risk and in tonight's daily take wisconsin may be the center of the labor struggle for the media and similar fights are being waged throughout the nation how are t

ohio had similar problems to wisconsin in terms of contentiousness.general has got it, he has learned that people do not like this divisive governing and what he has done in ohio is he has taken the $97 million discretionary in ohio and put them where they need to be in cleveland, toledo, columbus to deal with the foreclosure crisis. we have a governor and attorney general who continue to ignore the plight of these people. i would like to see the attorney general and governor of the state of wisconsin do what the attorney general in ohio did today, that is come to these neighborhoods, come to senator taylor's neighborhoods, milwaukee that have been devastated by foreclosures and tell these people as the governor said in your clip, this isn't a lot of money we're just going to take it. >> mayor tom barrett, you ran against scott walker, are you thinking about running against him in the recall? >> well the focus i have on right now is purely a mayoral focus but not just for the city of milwaukee, beloit, racine, kenosha have been hit hard, they all dese

you will not find it on wisconsin tv. it's not there. >> john nicholls, good to have you with us tonight. we continue to follow the story. coming up, the woman at the center of the controversy surrounding the sue zam g. komen foundation resigns. what was her role to cut off funding to planned parenthood? find out next f. rz >>> coming up in the big finish, karen handel is out at the susan g. komen foundation but does her right wing resume keep her in politics. i'll ask teri o'neal what this all means next. >>> ed, look five dwreerz from now. my prediction is the susan g. komen will not exist or it will be reduced to say between 10 and 20% of its current size. >> that was teri o'neal chairman of the national organization for women on this program last week speak being the susan g. komen foundation's initial decision to cut off funding to planned parenthood. in a moment teri will join us again. now the woman at the center of the controversy, karen handel, has resigned. she was thought to be a key player in the komen decisio

and then i go back to new richmond, wisconsin, to practice law. and in the spring of 1960, i read in the papers about the sit-ins by the kids in north carolina, and i realized that, you know, nothing had happened. nothing really had happened. sure, the brown decision had happened, but as far as solving the problem, nothing had happened. and the second thing about it was that i always felt that wisconsin was really a second-class state because it had an honest system of self-government. we had a two-party system. functioned reasonably well. but we were competing with the one-party system in the south, and if you looked at that period of history, it didn't really ever happen that there was a senator from wisconsin who was a powerful committee chairman of one of the powerful committees in the senate. they were always from the south. and that seemed to be, if you -- that didn't comport with my sense of fairness. and so, there was a regional attitude came out of a regional attitude, at least for me, that it would be good for the country, good for wisco

it was funded largely by the state of wisconsin. when we talk about high-paid rail s versus high r highways. if we do it right. that's the question, who's making the choice of subsidizing things when we're running a $1.3 trillion deficit. i think these are very legitimate question. first of all, in terms of highway spending, again i'm new to this set of questions, who are the set of questions that the -- versus state and local governments. i'm not sure of the purpose, but the majority comes from the state, most of the federal money really gets spent on the interstate and the national highway system. but we can get that for you. >> part of the concern, is, when we make these funding decisions, these subsidy decisions, we really are subsidizing one region of the country or one state at the expense of others. how efficient, how effective do you think that's been going on over the years? >> well, it's helped, i think, build an interstate system, we didn't start in all 50 states. >> right. >> you know that. and so it was one state disadv

joining me now from madison, wisconsin, is mike tate, the wisconsin democratic party chair. and in washington, msnbc analyst richard wolffe. great to have both of you with us tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> thanks, reverend al. >> mike, as chairman of the party in wisconsin, you are responsible for fund-raising and competing with the koch brothers. they've already dropped $700,000 on ads and more is coming. how are you going to keep up with this? >> well, you know, reverend al, they spend $700,000 on television last week. i believe they've spent close to $2 million in just the last, you know, 2 1/2 months on television. you know, and, obviously, we can't pretend that we're going to be able to raise that type of money. i don't have somebody that can write me a $700,000 check or $500,000 check like scott walker does. but we have the people on our side. you know, millions and millions of dollars have been spent trying to promote scott walker and what's happened? over a million people signed a recall petition against him. we've seen his numbers in the poll stay the same or get

air force one will touchdown in mi milwaukee, wisconsin. the president will tour masterlock, a manufacturing company he highlighted during the state of the union for bringing 100 jobs back from china. an interesting stop for the president. for a number of reasons scandal-ridden governor scott walker plans to meet the president on the tar mcand tour the plant with him. this might be walker's "jan brewer "moment. governor walker bragged how he schooled the president of the united states on labor rights during his cpac speech in washington. >> because i'm sure that the president of the united states is not getting his talking points from the big government union bosses in washington. i think hannity ran that quote 50 times that night that is the last we heard from the president. i think the reason why is because the facts are clear. >> quoting hannity? there is a good source. did you ask him about bin laden, scott? that is a different story. >>> i doubt walker has the guts to say the same things to the president face-to-face, the same time pre

this week marks the one year anniversary of the wisconsin uprising when hundreds of thousands of workers took to the streets to fight back against governor scott walker's war on unions activism turned a local issue into a national issue and awakened the labor movement across america and since then a lot as happened to walker's buddies in the senate were recalled and well over a million signatures were collected last month to recall walker himself from office not to mention the occupy wall street movement started and you can trace its roots back to those cold days in february in madison. so this is a week to look back and be proud of what progressives have accomplished in wisconsin but while we've all been focusing there elsewhere around the nation in a much quieter fashion and without the attention of the of the mainstream media the right wing assault on the middle class and working people continues like in indiana this month indiana became the twenty third state in the nation to pass a right to work for less law which will do more harm to working people and scott walker's anti-union age