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[{"user_id": 11626, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9025, "date_created": 1298624695.3963339, "message": "Democratic lawmakers in that state have followed in the footsteps of their Wisconsin counterparts, fleeing the state until Republicans are willing to negotiate. 24 Feb 2011 The battle against unions in the Midwest escalated Wednesday as a second state, Indiana, effectively found itself trapped in a legislative stalemate. All but three of the 40 Democratic members of the Indiana House of Representatives have temporarily moved to Illinois to avoid voting on legislation they consider to be anti-union. Illinois is also where all 14 of the Democratic senators from Wisconsin sought sanctuary when they fled from Madison last week to block legislation that would have ended collective bargaining rights for public employee unions.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-midwest-union-20110224,0,2378984.story", "group_id": 3920, "id": 206671}]