claim: public-employee unions spent $30 million in wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the state senate to democratic control.
author: reince priebus
evidence_1: aug 28, 2011 ... politifact: testing priebus claim on union spending in recall races ... says public- employee unions spent $30 million in wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the  state senate to democratic party control. ... his investigation into pension  padding by milwaukee county employees won a 2008 pulitzer prize.
evidence_2: public-employee unions spent $30 million in wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to  flip the state senate to democratic control. — politifact wisconsin on sunday, ...
evidence_3: recall elections for nine wisconsin state senators were held during the summer  of 2011; one was held on july 19, and six on august 9, with two more held on  august 16. voters attempted to put 16 state senators up for recall, eight  democrats and ... democrats needed a net gain of three seats to take control of  the senate.
evidence_4: the 116th congress convened with democrats taking control of the house and ...  a federal employees union filed a lawsuit against the trump administration, ......  relevant: the nra spent $30 million to support trump in the 2016 election, ......  a former gop congressional candidate in wisconsin was arrested for "trying to ...
evidence_5: labor unions file lawsuit alleging walker's act 10 violates free speech rights ...  civil service overhaul heads to scott walker's desk after senate passage ...  ending collective bargaining for public employees and enacting a right to work  law, ... would save the state hundreds of millions of dollars, while democrats and  unions ...