Photo: #Tom Macie pickets outside the state capitol in the early evening hours of February 24, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. Protestors have occupied the building for the past 10 days protesting the governor's attempt to push through a bill that would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
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Tom Macie pickets outside the state capitol in the early evening hours of February 24, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. Protestors have occupied the building for the past 10 days protesting the governor's attempt to push through a bill that would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers. (Getty Images/Scott Olson)

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The latest on protests, politics in Madison

by Tom Crann, Minnesota Public Radio
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St. Paul, Minn. — Early this morning in Wisconsin, Republicans in the State Assembly voted to approve Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill in a quick vote.

But, while the bill passed in Wisconsin's lower chamber, it's still stuck in the Senate with no vote in sight.

Fourteen Democratic Senators are still in hiding, holding up a vote that would likely move the bill to Walker's desk for signing.

To get the latest from Wisconsin's capitol, we're joined by Patrick Marley, a political reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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