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MADISON, WIS. - Tens of thousands of demonstrators swarmed the state Capitol building here Saturday in protest of Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip public employees of most of their collective bargaining rights. 
  
 Protesters have crowded around the Capitol for more than a week, since unrest erupted over the Republican governor's plan. Local media quoted police as saying the crowds Saturday were on track to rival those last weekend, which were estimated at nearly 70,000. Walker threatened on Friday to trigger as many as 12,000 layoffs beginning next week unless lawmakers enact his plan. 
  
 The demonstration is certain to be the largest of dozens taking place around the country against Walker and other Republican governors who have taken similar stands against their public employee unions. The progressive group MoveOn.org said it would hold "Save the American Dream" rallies in all 50 states, including one that drew hundreds of people to Dupont Circle in the District on Saturday afternoon. 
  
 Although unions have offered concessions they say would close the state's budget gap, Walker remained determined to achieve a resolution that he said would give state and local governments leverage to limit employee costs well into the future. 
  
 Without legislation to pare back employee health-care and pension benefits while repealing most collective bargaining rights for many public employees, Walker said, he would be forced to make cuts elsewhere in the budget that could lead to massive numbers of state and local employees losing their jobs. 
  
 "If we want to avoid the layoffs that will eventually come at the state and local level, the only way to achieve that" is to pass the bill, Walker said. 
  
 The layoffs would mark an escalation of a battle that has paralyzed the state Capitol. Fourteen Democratic state senators have fled Wisconsin to prevent the state Senate from having a quorum for considering the measure. Walker backed off earlier remarks that the layoffs would begin this week. 
  
 Nationally, Walker's efforts to break the power of public service unions - being replicated to some degree in several other Republican-led states - have thrown public employee unions into an existential crisis. 
  
 As a group, public employees generally earn less than comparably educated private-sector employees, but they tend to enjoy far better health-care and retirement benefits. The issue of their compensation has gained particular resonance at a time when states and municipalities across the country are struggling with huge budget deficits and ballooning costs for employees' health-care and pension obligations. 
  
 The controversy has lifted Walker to national prominence, and he says he is determined to make Wisconsin a leader in remaking the way state and local governments deal with their employees. 
  
 The clashes over public employee unions continued in other state capitals. In Indianapolis, hundreds of union supporters demonstrated at an otherwise quiet statehouse Friday as there appeared to be no end in sight to a partisan standoff that has paralyzed the legislature. 
  
 "I'm here to help save the jobs of thousands of hardworking Hoosiers," said Jim Szucs, a Teamster from South Bend, Ind. ||||| Police: No more sleeping bags in the Wis. Capitol 
  
 MADISON, Wis.  Police officers handed out fliers Friday saying they plan to restrict access to the Capitol as protesters geared up for another round of weekend demonstrations over the state budget battle. 
  
 Police told protesters who have been camping inside the Capitol building for eight days that they will begin collecting sleeping bags, coolers and folding chairs in an effort to return the Capitol to normal business hours Sunday night. 
  
 "We are closing the Capitol for a short period of time for public health reasons, as well as for general building maintenance," Chief Charles Tubbs of the Wisconsin Capitol Police said in a statement issued late Friday. "Everyone agrees that our State Capitol is a source of pride for our state and that we should take a break to take care of the building." 
  
 Protesters who have lived there for several days say they¹re prepared to stage non-violent resistance if police try to clear them out. 
  
 Bridget Peterson of Duluth, Minn., has been camping inside the Capitol for eight days. "People are going to want to fight this somehow even if we lose this space," she said. 
  
 Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on Gov. Scott Walker's plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning. 
  
 The vote ended three straight days of punishing debate in the Assembly, but the fight is far from over. Senate Democrats who have fled to Illinois to prevent a vote in that chamber say they won't return unless Walker agrees to discuss a compromise. 
  
 By Scott Olson, Getty Images Hundreds of people have been living in Wisconsin's Capitol 24 hours a day to protest the governor's budget plans. 
  
 On Friday, Walker didn't sound conciliatory. 
  
 During an afternoon appearance in Green Bay, he said, although "we got to find a way to make it comfortable for those 14 senators to come back home," Republicans had no intention of backing off the main tenets of the bill. 
  
 Walker's plan contains a number of provisions that he says are designed to fill the state's $137 million deficit, including requiring public workers to contribute more to their pensions and health insurance and strip them of their right to collectively bargain benefits and work conditions. 
  
 Tens of thousands of people have jammed the Capitol since last week to protest, pounding on drums and chanting so loudly that police providing security have resorted to earplugs. 
  
 Hundreds of people have been living in the building 24 hours a day to protest the plan. 
  
 Demonstrators dragged in air mattresses and blankets and sleep on the building's marble floors between never-ending rounds of chants, marches and drum circles. The scene inside resembles a small village with stands and food stations. 
  
 Police began circulating the fliers that outline the crackdown Friday morning. In a statement, Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, asked the governor to keep the building open. 
  
 "The law enforcement officers from across the state that have been working at the Capitol have been very impressed with how peaceful everyone has been," Palmer said. 
  
 He called on police officers to join the sleep-in at the Capitol. 
  
 Protesters plan to go ahead with a rally scheduled for Saturday. 
  
 Demonstrators have been conducting non-violent civil disobedience training to plan for the day when the Capitol is cleared. While some activists said Friday that they will leave willingly if asked, many others say they will have to be carried out. 
  
 "You can't carry out 2,000 people," said Will Adams, a student from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. "Or maybe you can." 
  
 Numerous signs hung by activists remind demonstrators that "this is a peaceful protest." 
  
 Peterson said demonstrators and police have not had any problems so far. She said she thinks everyone is cool-headed enough to keep things non-violent no matter what the authorities do. 
  
 "I really, really hope so," she said. 
  
 Jones also reports for The Post-Crescent in Appleton, Wis. Contributing: Associated Press 
  
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dug in his heels even further yesterday, threatening to trigger as many as 12,000 layoffs starting next week if his controversial budget bill is not passed. Walker is still determined not to compromise on the portion of his bill that strips public employees of many collective bargaining rights, the Washington Post reports. "If we want to avoid the layoffs that will eventually come at the state and local level, the only way to achieve that" is to pass the bill, the governor said. Democratic state senators are still outside the state, delaying a vote. Meanwhile, protesters at the state capitol may not have a place to sleep for much longer. Police officers distributed fliers yesterday warning that access to the Capitol building would be restricted, and that they will start collecting sleeping bags and other belongings in order to return the building to normal business hours tomorrow night, USA Today reports. Some protesters—many of whom have been sleeping inside the Capitol building for eight days—have no plans to leave, and say police will have to carry them out. Click for the latest on the Wisconsin protests, including teachers who have already received layoff notices.