Sen. Decker offered a brief defense of the budget proposal before gaveling the meeting to a close.

He said the budget doesn't contain across-the-board increases to sales, income or gas taxes and it "does a pretty good job of holding the line on property taxes."

He said Republicans are unhappy because it makes tax policy in Wisconsin "progressive again."

The QEO repeal is included to "end the Republican assault on teachers."

And he said he thought there was a good compromise on the school choice program for Milwaukee, saying it contains "major advances."

Once again, here is a link to the comparative summary.

-- By Greg Bump