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Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (left), Juneau Republican, and Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (right), Kenosha Democrat, exchange words during a Mar. 9 conference committee at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (Associated Press)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to the media Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire, Wis. The Republican governor continued to call for the return of Democratic state senators who have fled the state, preventing passage of Walker's budget repair bill. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Steve Kinderman)
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Wisconsin State Troopers confer after protesters rushed into the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday evening, March 9, 2011. The Wisconsin Senate succeeded in voting Wednesday to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers, after Republicans discovered a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats and approve an explosive proposal that has rocked the state and unions nationwide. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)
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Demonstrators rush into the Wisconsin State Capitol Building after entering the building Wednesday evening, March 9, 2011. The Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers, approving an explosive proposal that had rocked the state and unions nationwide after Republicans discovered a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)
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An opponent to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers sleeps on the floor in the state Capitol rotunda Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Madison, Wis. In a surprise move, Senate Republicans approved the bill late Wednesday, sending it to the Assembly for a vote on Thursday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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A young opponent to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers is seen in the state Capitol rotunda Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Madison, Wis. In a surprise move, Senate Republicans approved the bill late Wednesday, sending it to the Assembly for a vote on Thursday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Rep. Peter King (left), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, talks with Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the panel, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 10, 2011, as hearings get under way into Islamic radicalization in America. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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** FILE ** The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, speaks in Dharmsala, India, on Thursday, March 10, 2011, during the commemoration of the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
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Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., center, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, arrive to vote on the spending bill in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills in a bit of Capitol theater designed to demonstrate that the combatants must meet somewhere in the middle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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'NO': Sen. Jim Webb said, "It was clear at the outset that neither proposal would pass." He was one of two Democrats to vote against his party's plan. (Associated Press)
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'NO': Sen. Jim Webb said, "It was clear at the outset that neither proposal would pass." He was one of two Democrats to vote against his party's plan. (Associated Press)
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Rep. John D. Dingell, Michigan Democrat, said he agrees in principle with Republican objections to the FCC's Internet rules but that it's a matter for courts to decide. (Associated Press)
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A Libyan rebel, wounded in fighting against pro-regime forces, is wheeled into a hospital in Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, on Wednesday. Forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. (Associated Press)
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'NO': Sen. Jim Webb said, "It was clear at the outset that neither proposal would pass." He was one of two Democrats to vote against his party's plan. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Joe Manchin III (left), West Virginia Democrat, and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, arrive to vote on the spending bill Wednesday. The Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills as the clock continued ticking down to a March 18 deadline. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** A warship launches a missile during a military drill in July 2010 of the South China Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army's navy in the South China Sea. (Xinhua News Agency via Associated Press)
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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, says President Obama's idea of a pay freeze is not a freeze because it allows for step increases for federal employees. (Associated Press)
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Rep. John D. Dingell, Michigan Democrat, said he agrees in principle with Republican objections to the FCC's Internet rules but that it's a matter for courts to decide. (Associated Press)
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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (second from left), North Dakota Republican, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (second from right), Massachusetts Democrat, leave the Senate chamber at the Capitol Wednesday after voting on the spending bill. Late Wednesday, the Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills. (Associated Press)
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Zimbabwean police move in to stop members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise from marching in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Feb. 15. Human Rights Watch said in a report that the country faces a "crisis of impunity" that encourages state-orchestrated killings, torture and beatings. (Associated Press)
