Rep. Bill Kramer walks out of tribal speech at Capitol [View all]

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http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rep-bill-kramer-walks-out-of-tribal-speech-at-capitol/article_460fa652-a154-11e2-85f9-0019bb2963f4.html

The state Assembly's speaker pro tem is fuming over remarks Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Chairman Gordon Thayer made during the annual State of the Tribes speech.

Rep. Bill Kramer, a Waukesha Republican, walked out of the speech as Thayer was talking about tribal opposition to a Republican law relaxing mining regulations. The law is designed to help Gogebic Taconite open a giant iron mine near the Bad River Chippewa's reservation.

Thayer said the state and tribes should have collaborated on the law.

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