With Wisconsin public employees howling at legislation that would require them to pay a small percentage to their pensions and health care benefits, Wisconsin Democratic State Senators fled their state and come to the land where public sector unions own everything and everyone - - Illinois!
More specifically, the Wisconsin Democrat lawmakers are in the Best Western Clock Tower Resort in Rockford Illinois.
Wisconsin law enforcement officials have been looking for at least one Democratic senator to bring in for a quorum required for a fiscal measure, but Democratic Senator Jon Erpenbach confirmed that he and all of his Democratic colleagues boarded a bus and left the state.
The Wisconsin State Senate's Sergeant at Arms cannot compel Senators' attendance in an open session if they are outside of state lines.
