Pro-union website blocked in Wisconsin state Capitol
February 22, 2011 2:08 p.m. EST
Wisconsin Dems lose Web access?
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Democrats blame Republicans for blocking pro-union website in the state Capitol
- A government spokesman said, "No one here ... decided to block it or took action to do so"
- Defendwisconsin.org could not be accessed in the Capitol on Monday, early Tuesday
- The site could be accessed elsewhere
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Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) -- A left-leaning website that union supporters used to rally protesters in Wisconsin was partially blocked as demonstrators gathered in the state Capitol over a controversial budget bill.
The website, defendwisconsin.org, could not be accessed on Monday and into Tuesday morning in the Capitol building, where crowds assembled over proposed legislation that would increase the costs of benefits to public employees and curb their collective-bargaining rights.
Wisconsin Democratic Party press secretary Graeme Zielinski blamed Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers -- who returned to work Tuesday -- for causing the outage.
"In a direct assault on the First Amendment, Scott Walker's