Dem Rep. Mark Pocan had this quip about the relevance of GOP amendments:

"We need to make sure next time we're in session the people on the other side of the aisle have the same bill we have."

GOP Rep. Leah Vukmir said the combined reporting is an "unconsionable" tax and will "create havoc for so many people in our state who will lose their jobs."

"I don't know why you can't get this? Who do you think supplies the jobs in the state of Wisconsin?"

Vukmir said she wished Dems would give her side "five votes" and they'd pass a bill that would take care of the fiscal problems.

Dem Rep. Marlin Schneider was blown away.

"We gave you 20 votes (in the last budget) because you couldn't govern," Schneider said.

"That is the most incredible statement I have ever heard on this floor I think," he said.

Freshman GOP Rep. Richard Spanbauer expressed frustration with the lack of bipartisanship on the bill as the Dems rejected all 50 Republican amendments.

"I don't see an open-mindedness. I don't see a fairness," he said. "If this is all I have to look forward to -- where is the gain to the state of Wisconsin in fairness if no on wants to work across the aisle?"

Dem Rep. Peter Barca said there was a "genuine effort" to seek Republican input, but they didn't offer their amendments until they came to the floor.

"When you surprise us at the last minute, you don't share amendments, it's impossible to work together," he said.

Dem Rep. Phil Garthwaite had the line of the night.

"I don't ever profess to be the brightest bulb on the tree. Having said that, I didn't roll in here on the head of a cabbage either," he said.

-- By Greg Bump