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Luke Balsavich holds a large sign outside the state Capitol Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents to Governor Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are taking part in their seventh day of protesting. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) (AP)

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A pair of UW-Madison students fire up the crowd as sleet falls outside the state Capitol Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents to Governor Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are taking part in their seventh day of protesting. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) (AP)

Scott Bauer

Jon Stewart tries to figure out Wisconsin

Adam Clark Estes

Detroit to close half of all public schools

Peter Finocchiaro
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Jane Moran, left, 14, and Emma Rankin-Utevsky, 14, protest outside of at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are on their sixth day of protesting. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Which Republicans will compromise in Wisconsin?

Ryan J. Foley
Protesters gather down State Street in Madison, Wis. after a a rally outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. A few dozen police officers stood between supporters of GOP Gov. Scott Walker on the muddy east lawn of the Capitol and the much larger group of pro-labor demonstrators who surrounded them. The protest was peaceful as both sides exchanged chants of “Pass the bill! Pass the bill!” and “Kill the bill! Kill the bill!” (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Steve Apps) (AP)

Wisconsin Senate to convene without Democrats

Ryan J. Foley
Protesters walk around the state Capitol with an American flag in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. A few dozen police officers stood between supporters of Republican Gov. Scott Walker on the muddy east lawn of the Capitol and the much larger group of pro-labor demonstrators who surrounded them. The protest was peaceful as both sides exchanged chants of “Pass the bill! Pass the bill!” and “Kill the bill! Kill the bill!” The Wisconsin governor, elected in November’s GOP wave that also gave control of the state Assembly and Senate to Republicans, set off the protests earlier this week by pushing ahead with a measure that would require government workers to contribute more to their health care and pension costs and largely eliminate their collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/ Wisconsin State Journal, Michael P. King) (AP)

Will Wisconsin's labor strife cascade outward?

Peter Finocchiaro
Supporters of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker demonstrate during a rally outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 in Madison. A few dozen police officers stood between supporters of GOP Gov. Scott Walker on the muddy east lawn of the Capitol and the much larger group of pro-labor demonstrators who surrounded them. The protest was peaceful as both sides exchanged chants of “Pass the bill! Pass the bill!” and “Kill the bill! Kill the bill!” (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Steve Apps) (AP)

Day 6: Protests continue at Wisconsin Capitol

Ryan J. Foley
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Scott Walker supporters, from left, Elise Kurz , Aimee Hilber, Haddie Carlson and her father, Brucestand, demonstrate outside the Wisconsin State Capitol during a rally on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 in Madison. A few dozen police officers stood between supporters of GOP Gov. Scott Walker on the muddy east lawn of the Capitol and the much larger group of pro-labor demonstrators who surrounded them. The protest was peaceful as both sides exchanged chants of “Pass the bill! Pass the bill!” and “Kill the bill! Kill the bill!” (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart) (AP)

Scott Bauer
Jesse Jackson stands with protesters at the Capitol rotunda in Madison, Wis. on Friday, Feb. 17, 2011. Union members, students and others have been protesting the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Craig Schreiner) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, near right center of photo, takes the stage amidst tens of thousands of protesters gathered at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Michael P. King) (AP)

Wisconsin Senate leader: Negotiation not an option

Dinesh Ramde

A political firestorm over Planned Parenthood cuts

Peter Finocchiaro
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Andrew Leonard
Democratic Wisconsin Assembly members cheer on the fourth day of large scale protests at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. The Wisconsin State Patrol was dispatched Friday to find a Democratic state senator who fled the Capitol to delay the near-certain passage of a bill to end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for public workers, a measure that's attracted thousands of protesters for four days. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Wisconsin governor tells Dems to "come home"

Scott Bauer
Protestors to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers pack the rotunda at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

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FILE - In this July 21, 2010, file photo, Elizabeth Warren, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing to examine the Troubled Asset Relief Program in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)

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Protestors gather outside of the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., to voice their opposition to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Wisconsin speaker plans vote on union bill

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, protesters in the Wisconsin state capitol, right

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House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla. presides over the subcommittee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, where Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs testified. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (AP)

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Afghan police men shout at photographers to prevent them approaching the entrance of damaged building of shopping complex after a suicide bomber detonated a cache of explosives inside the building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb, 14, 2011. An explosion rocked a shopping and hotel complex on Monday, killing at least two people, officials said, in the second attack in less than a month inside the heavily secured Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) (AP)

Tom Engelhardt
President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci)

Gene Lyons
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Robert Reich
Michael Fell, of Culver City, Calif., holds up a sign reading "STOP SPENDING MONEY" as he speaks at a tea party rally in Irvine, Calif., Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (Jae C. Hong)

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