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by Associated Press
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Two Democratic lawmakers, including the Senate majority leader, got in a shouting match with Republicans at a news conference outside the Senate chamber on Thursday.
Five Republican lawmakers called the news conference to urge Senate Democrats to allow a vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to require photo IDs to be presented when voting.
Democratic Sen. Spencer Coggs of Milwaukee stepped forward from a line of reporters to tell the Republicans that he had not allowed a hearing on the bill because he disagreed with them.
Then Majority Leader Russ Decker appeared and yelled at Republicans, telling them not to accuse Democrats of stifling free speech.
