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DC Mayor Arrested for Protesting Budget Restrictions
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The budget deal lawmakers struck to avoid a government shutdown was greeted by some with relief, but it has one city already reeling: the capital itself. City officials say Washington was used as a pawn last week's budget bargaining, with new restrictions part of the price of a deal. Angry that Congress appears ready to take away autonomy granted to the city in the last several years, Mayor Vincent Gray and six Council members including the chairman were among 41 people arrested Monday outside the Capitol while protesting the changes that might be inevitable. Seven hours later, ...
No Budget Deal Yet as Possible Government Shutdown Looms
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The Senate's second ranking Democrat said Wednesday that negotiators on the budget are making progress but that conservative GOP policy prescriptions remain obstacles as they scramble to avert a government shutdown this weekend. "I feel better today than I did yesterday," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. "There's been a direct negotiation -- things put on the table that had not been discussed before and I think we're moving towards closure." AP / Getty Images A bipartisan White House meeting on Tuesday involving President Barack Obama, Speaker of the House John Boehner ...
Wisconsin Union Law Likely on Hold for 2 Months
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- A week ago, Wisconsin Republicans thought they'd won the fight over the state's polarizing union rights bill. They'd weathered massive protests, outfoxed Senate Democrats who fled the state and gotten around a restraining order blocking the law by having an obscure state agency publish it. They even started preparations to pull money from public workers' paychecks. But the victory was short-lived. A judge ruled Friday that the restraining order will stay in place for at least two months she while considers whether Republicans passed the law illegally. It was the second blow ...
Labor Backers Arrested at Tenn. Capitol Protest
By not in system - AOL NewsNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Troopers forcibly carried out seven union supporters from the Tennessee's legislative office complex on Tuesday after their protest disrupted a Senate committee hearing. Erik Schelzig / AP State troopers work to remove pro-labor protesters who disrupted a Senate Commerce Committee meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Seven protesters were later charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The disruption occurred after hundreds of labor supporters gathered for a midday protest near the Capitol to denounce a bill to strip teachers of their collective ...
Last WWI Vet Buckles Will Lie in Basement at Arlington, Not Capitol Rotunda
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The last American doughboy from World War I will lie in honor in a basement chapel of the amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery -- not the U.S. Capitol rotunda -- and then be interred on Tuesday. In a brief announcement, the cemetery said Army Cpl. Frank Buckles, who died at 110 on Feb. 27, will be "memorialized" and will "lie in honor" at Arlington's Memorial Amphitheater Chapel from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. for the public to pay their last respects. There is no ceremony planned in the amphitheater, even though congressional leaders said they had asked the Pentagon to allow a ...
Wis. Governor Tells Unions He Will Lay Off Workers
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- Day by day, the rallies of thousands of teachers, firefighters and other public workers that propelled Wisconsin's fight over union rights to national prominence have been giving way to smaller protests of mostly students. When the protests erupted, the Capitol and streets around it were packed with government employees demanding that their rights not be taken away. Two weekend demonstrations after that attracted roughly 70,000 people each time. So many teachers came from the Madison district that was forced to close for four days. But by the time Capitol police cleared the ...
Capitol Honor for Last WWI Vet Blocked in Congress
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - West Virginia's two Democratic senators blamed House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday after their hopes of having the remains of World War I veteran Frank Buckles honored in the Capitol Rotunda were dashed, at least for now. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin III both released statements saying the Ohio Republican had blocked the Capitol honor. Asked if that were true, Boehner spokesman Mike Steel said the speaker and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would seek Defense Department permission for a ceremony for Buckles at Arlington National Cemetery. Buckles died ...
Wisconsin Governor Proposes Deep Cuts for Schools
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- Gov. Scott Walker is plowing ahead with his full plan for balancing Wisconsin's budget, proposing massive cuts to public schools even as he faces a stalemate over his proposal to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights. With Senate Democrats still missing, Walker presented the second part of his two-year spending plan to the Legislature on Tuesday. It relies on getting concessions from government employees to help pay for about $1 billion cuts in aid to schools, counties and cities while avoiding any tax or fee increases, furloughs or widespread layoffs as ...
Scott Walker Wisconsin Budget Address [LIVE STREAM]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsAs the Wisconsin protests continue, Gov. Scott Walker is about to announce full details of his two-year budget plan for the state, including deep cuts to education, local governments and public sector employees' benefits. Earlier this week the governor attempted to close down the Capitol in Madison, where protesters have been gathered for two weeks. Today a judge ordered the building reopened until a hearing on the issue can be held, but the situation in the statehouse has been confusing for protesters and law enforcement officials alike, with some people locked in and some people locked ...
Police Let Protesters Stay the Night at Wisconsin Capitol
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- Dozens of protesters camped overnight in the Wisconsin Capitol and vowed to be back in full force Monday after police backed away from threats to close the building, where demonstrators have held steady for two weeks to oppose Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions. Police decided not to forcibly remove protesters after thousands ignored a 4 p.m. Sunday deadline to leave so the normally immaculate building could get a thorough cleaning. Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs said no demonstrators would be arrested as long as they continued to obey the ...
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