"For crying out loud, here we are thinking, 'OK, let's offer this up,' and they come back with something," Erpenbach said of the negotiations. "And (the Republicans') final response was, 'OK, we're just going to give you a set of handcuffs.' I don't where that gets anybody." -- State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, on why talks between Dem and GOP senators have been "put on hold."