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Walker grills for lawmakers as helicopter circlesWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker poses for a picture with a bottle of beer while manning the grill as he hosts a Brat Summit at the Executive Residence in the Village of Maple Bluff, Wis., Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Walker, just a week removed from his win in a recall election spurred by his taking on public sector unions, did not allow media into the cookout. He billed the bipartisan gathering as a way to heal political wounds following his first 18 months in office that has spurred massive protests and culminated with the unsuccessful recall attempt. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)(Credit: AP)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker donned a white apron to man the grill at a bipartisan picnic he is hosting just a week after winning a recall election.

A bipartisan group of nearly 100 state lawmakers attended the Tuesday cookout at the governor’s mansion. Walker dubbed it a brat (braht) summit after the type of sausages popular in Wisconsin that were being served.

Republicans and Democrats who attended the event say it was a positive first step to begin to heal some of the wounds of the past 18 months, when a fight over union rights culminated in Walker’s recall.

But Democrats also say they are waiting to see more substantive signs that Walker is serious about working across party lines.

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