MADISON, WI (FDL) – The Capitol Rotunda is subdued this morning, hours after the Wisconsin State Assembly approved the budget repair bill that included the stripping of collective bargaining rights for public employees. I spoke to several witnesses who were there at 1 in the morning when the Assembly Republicans moved the bill forward, and they described the scene as chaotic.

“The reaction in the Assembly hall and the gallery was explosive,” said Chris, a college teacher from Watertown, WI. “Out in the Rotunda, it was a short and sustained reaction.” Evan, a high school studen