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Topic: Budget Showdown (page 12)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses a joint session of the Legislature at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers have been protesting the governor's budget for 14 days at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Walker wants deep cuts to Wisconsin school funds

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No shutdown as House passes $4 billion in cuts

Demonstrators rally in support of Wisconsin workers at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. ( AP Photo/Seth Perlman) (Seth Perlman)

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President Clinton meets with Republican congressional leaders at the White House Friday Dec. 29, 1995 to discuss the federal budget impasse. From left to right are Treasury Secreatry Robert Rubin, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas.

From left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Pentagon Comptroller Robert F. Hale, and others, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, before the HouseArmed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Squatters' shacks along the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon in 1936.

National Governors Association (NGA) Chair, Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire gestures during a news conference at the association's winter meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)

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President Barack Obama meets with Democratic Governors, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Darlene Superville

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

House Minority Leader John Boehner (L) listens to U.S. President Barack Obama talk with bipartisan leaders of the House and the Senate about the economy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Â© Larry Downing / Reuters)

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David Koch

Wisconsin Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, standing right, R-Juneau, talks about the rules in the senate handbook during debate on floor at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Fourteen democratic Senators are in undisclosed locations effectively stalling the governor's budget proposal. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers on their ninth day of protests at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Troopers sent for Wisconsin Democrats, no one home

Todd Richmond, Scott Bauer

Wisconsin Rep. Mark Honadel, R-South Milwaukee, rubs his eyes during the 23rd hour of debate in the Assembly at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are on their ninth day of protests at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Wisconsin Assembly reaches deal to end debate

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DeLois Bates works in her empty third grade classroom at Janes Elementary School in Racine, Wis., on Thursday Feb. 17, 2011. School districts around Wisconsin canceled classes Thursday as state lawmakers were prepared to pass a momentous bill that would strip government workers of nearly all collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg) (AP)

Providence issues layoff notices to every teacher

Peter Finocchiaro

In this Feb. 9, 2011 photo, a house for sale is shown in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. More people bought previously occupied homes in January, but sales surged on a rising number of foreclosures and all-cash deals. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (AP)

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Reporter poses as Koch brother, calls Scott Walker

Adam Clark Estes

Scott Walker and Barack Obama

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L. Randall Wray

Indiana House Dems leave state to prevent vote

Peter Finocchiaro

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