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Cheney Says Bush Will Veto Pro-Union Bill
The Politico ^
| Februrary 14, 2007
Posted on 02/14/2007 1:45:28 PM PST by RWR8189
President Bush will veto pending legislation aimed at boosting union strength, Vice President Cheney told National Association of Manufacturers members at a Wednesday breakfast meeting to kick off the groups lobbying efforts.
The Employee Free Choice Act, currently making its way through the House, would change the process of union elections. Under the measure, if a majority of workers in a workplace sign cards authorizing a union, then the workers would get a union. Under current law, even when a majority of workers ask for union representation, their employers can force them to undergo an election process administered by the National Labor Relations Board. Supporters contend the proposal would strengthen unions against unfair management tactics. Opponents warn that the measure is an effort by unions to exert undue influence after years of waning support.
The manufacturers coalition seeks to kill the bill, among a list of four legislative priorities for the 110th Congress. The House Education and Labor Committee is scheduled to mark up the legislation Wednesday.
Cheney, who donned a pink tie for the Valentines Day address, also said economic growth would grow from private sector efforts, not the government.
Nobody can sit in an office in Washington, D.C. and decide to create prosperity, he said.
The vice president defended the Bush tax cuts as fueling the economys recovery over the past five years. During his 20-minute speech the crowd applauded Cheneys vow that the Bush administration would continue to push for the end of the so-called death tax.
Pat Cleary, senior vice president for communications at NAM, told the crowd of about 200 manufacturers that their industry drives the broader economy, contributing 12 percent of the nations GDP and three-fifths of research and development.
Were not asking for a handout, he said. What we want is for government to get out of our way.
In addition to blocking the union proposal, other NAM legislative priorities include energy policy overhaul, making permanent a research and development tax credit and free trade, Cleary said.
But he warned the crowd to be wary of promises extended by legislators.
Theyre going to tell you theyre friends of ours, he said. Some of them arent telling the truth.
Tiffany Adams, head of corporate and public affairs for NAM, said about 600 members traveled to Washington for the three-day lobbying effort, the fifth time NAM has hosted the series since 1999.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush43; cheney; union; unions; veto
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To: RJL
"If the unions claim that there are some illegal aliens in the union, Bush will sign it in a heartbeat." An idiotic thing to say. You should be ashamed.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:35:07 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
You should be ashamed. No, Bush should be ashamed.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:39:11 PM PST
by
RJL
To: aynrandfreak; Doctor Raoul; dirtboy; Howlin; LS; Trueblackman; rdb3; mhking; onyx
"I'm happy about this, as long as he doesn't later cave when they make a minor change just to show how bi-partisan he can be." The GOP is poised to go on the offensive against unions. Look for articles coming out that show that union leadership is being paid more than what they spend on organizing (an angle designed to infuriate the union rank and file membership...people who we want to vote GOP), as well as point out that the top 20 paid union leaders are all white males.
Unions are completely vulnerable to Affirmative Action charges...arguments that can sway moderates in Blue States to become anti-union.
Of course, making these arguments will find a know-nothing group of perhaps 2% of red state conservatives carping that the GOP has somehow become "soft" or something...but if you want to sway union members and blue state moderates over to the conservative side, then you have to use arguments that blue staters value (e.g. affirmative action).
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:41:30 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: RJL
How is it that some people have to inject the illegal alien discussion into every thread?
It appears to be a mutation of Bush Derangement Syndrome.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:42:07 PM PST
by
TravisBickle
(I am NOT the father of Danielynn.)
To: A. Pole
What about non-communist unions? Show me one.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:42:15 PM PST
by
Cymbaline
(I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
To: Beagle8U
wrong the purpose of a union is collective barganing a fundelmental labor right, without which we would all be screwed.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:43:27 PM PST
by
jpsb
To: RJL
"No, Bush should be ashamed." No, you should be ashamed of your uniformed comments. While you've been taking cheap shots against GWB that would make the lowest left-wing denizens of DU proud, President Bush has been doing this:
President Bush - First 48 Months
Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 48 months |
 President Bush signing a federal ban on Partial Birth Abortion
Banned Partial Birth Abortion
Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.
Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals
Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act
Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty
Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court
Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California
Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down some home businesses in America  First Missile is Installed For NMD on July 23, 2004Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses Built ten ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes
Killed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty so that the U.S. can once again test our nuclear weapons 
The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act (less romantically known as H.R. 5382) ultimately allows average Americans to hitch a ride on a civilian space craft at their own risk. The federal ban on such citizen travel was repealed by HR 5382 in 2004. The President signed that bill into law two days before Christmas. President Bush pledged to Israel on 4/14/2004 that it could keep parts of the West Bank, giving international legitimacy to Jewish settlements there Denied Palestinian refugees any right of return to what is now Israel, saying they should be resettled in a future Palestinian state instead Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"
Pushed through THREE raises for our military
Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years President Bush's Grand Strategy (click here)
President Bush's Environmental Record - 2004 (click here) Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit
Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers
Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right
Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)
Signed the 2004 Omnibus Budget 1/26/2004 that now MANDATES that gun buyers' background check information be fully and permanently destroyed within 24 hours of the completion of the check, no matter what. Repealed Gun Controls Against Active, Retired, and Off-Duty Law Enforcement Personnel Carrying Weapons Into Local and State Prohibited Zones (7/28/2004)
Enacted powerful tort reform legislation that moves many class action lawsuits from state to federal courts. Requires federal courts to hear cases where the amount of the dispute is more than $5 million, and when the defendant and any of the plaintiffs live in different states.
Disarmed Libya of its Chemical, Nuclear, and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed 
Won an agreement that U.S. Navy sailors may now freely board thousands of commercial ships in international waters to search for weapons of mass destruction under a landmark pact between the United States and Liberia, the world's No. 2 shipping registry (signed Feb 11, 2004), and Panama 5/10/2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/international/americas/11ship.html). Approves The First U.S. Counter-Intel Plan
Successfully executed 2 wars and rebuilt 2 nations: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50+ million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom...epitomized by their own free and democratic elections. 
Provided Billions in aid, machines, and manpower to tsunami victims.
Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network) Bush Administration diplomacy led to the 5/25/2004 peace accord that ended a massive 20-year civil war between Sudan's Islamic north and Christian south after two million deaths Click Here Delivered vital emergency aid to millions of survivors on multiple continents (e.g. Africa, SE Asia) of a devastating Tsunami caused by a 9.1 earthquake near Sumatra.
Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed
Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.
Bush and Putin sign historic anti-nuclear treaty
· Largest ever missile cuts agreed · Russia stands by Iran relations · Putin jibe over US help to North Korea
Staff and agencies Friday May 24, 2002
 Russian president Vladimir Putin (left), and US president George Bush shake hands before signing the treaty. Photo: Yuri Kochetkov, AP.
Presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin today signed a landmark treaty to make the largest reductions ever in US and Russian nuclear arsenals but public differences were voiced over Iran.
Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical. Created NATO's Rapid Response Force Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency
Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.
Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.
Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.
Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.
Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.
GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)
Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.
Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.
Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar-value tax cut in world history
Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains
In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.
Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people Eliminated the Estate Tax (AKA "Death Tax") that was taking small farms and businesses from families
Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)
Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.
Signed trade promotion authority
Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa
Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)
Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits
Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims
Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)
Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)
Started the USA Freedom Corps
Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.
Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)
Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.
President Bush opened up an additional part of Alaska for domestic oil drilling. In 2004, the National Petroleum Reserve, an area west of the existing Prudhoe Bay field, was approved for new energy exploration and production. Increased U.S. Oil Drilling Permits 70% Above Clinton-era Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.
As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger. New Forest Rules Gives States Power Over Federal Forests Inside Their Borders Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops. President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003. It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.
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U.S. Forces In Baghdad
2nd Term Supplimental (incomplete)
Broke the Chinese Yuan to Dollar currency peg
CAFTA - President Bush signing CAFTA 
Bolton to the UN
Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the second group of eight ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a land-based defense (in addition to our sea-based SM-3 and AEGIS systems) of 18 ABM's against North Korean nukes (note: China itself currently only has 24 -out of several hundred- nuclear ICBM's capable of reaching the U.S.)
Energy Bill (new tax cuts...after 5 years of opposition)
Immunity For Gun Manufacturers From Crime-Related Lawsuits
4.5% unemployment
3.4% annual (after inflation, 5.5% actual) reported GDP Growth
Syrian Troops forced to withdraw from Lebanon
Russians Troops Peacefully Withdraw From Georgia
Chief Justice John Roberts
Justice Sam Alito
Dramatically improved U.S.-India relations via a breakthrough nuclear agreement
Signed Bankruptcy Reform Into Law
Full Immunity From Frivolous Lawsuits For Our Domestic Gun Industry
Click Here
Fed Chairman Bernanke
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518385/posts
Iraqi's Thank America (Wow, this is moving!)
US forges trail-blazing UN condemnation of Hizbullah
US rules out extra pledges on global warming
Bush-appointed Judges: Most Conservative On Record, New UH Study Finds
The Essential President Bush (click here)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060623-10.html
Executive Order: Protecting the Property Rights of the American People
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to strengthen the rights of the American people against the taking of their private property, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect the rights of Americans to their private property, including by limiting the taking of private property by the Federal Government to situations in which the taking is for public use, with just compensation, and for the purpose of benefiting the general public and not merely for the purpose of advancing the economic interest of private parties to be given ownership or use of the property taken.
Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Attorney General shall:
(i) issue instructions to the heads of departments and agencies to implement the policy set forth in section 1 of this order; and
(ii) monitor takings by departments and agencies for compliance with the policy set forth in section 1 of this order. ...
White Sands missile test 'phenomenal'
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July 27, 2006: John Walsh, right, gives a thumbs up as President Bush, left, looks on during a signing ceremony for the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act in the Rose Garden at the White House.
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U.S. govt gets giant cross in San Diego [with President Bush's signature...........]
Algeria has held its first competitive presidential election, and the military remained neutral.
The United Arab Emirates recently announced that half of its seats in the Federal National Council will be chosen by elections.
Kuwait held elections in which women were allowed to vote and run for office for the first time.
Citizens have voted in municipal elections in Saudi Arabia and parliamentary elections in Jordan and Bahrain and in multiparty presidential elections in Yemen and Egypt.
700 Miles of Border Fencing Approved And Funded
New Civil and Military Space Policy (includes using nuclear power for long-range space exploration)
Implemented "clean diesel" EPA mandates that reduce diesel air pollution by up to 97% as well as enable U.S. refiners to profitably use U.S. coal or natural gas to produce diesel in a move that aids our environment as well as enables the U.S. to gradually wean itself from Middle-East oil
Lifted The Oil-Drilling Ban in Alaska's Bristol Bay
Waived Make-Work Enviro Studies For New Oil Drilling
Using Closed Bases For New Refineries, Cutting Refinery Red Tape
Enforced Mandatory Declassification of All Government Documents older than 25 years, Automatically
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:48:32 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Cymbaline
You must be too young to remember Poland's Solidarity Union defeating the Soviet Union.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:49:55 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: A. Pole
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:51:59 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: Southack
I remember Solidarity, but this thread is about U.S. unions that would be affected by this bill, so that's what I was referring to.
I haven't seen a U.S. union yet that wasn't radically left wing.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:53:07 PM PST
by
Cymbaline
(I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
To: Southack
You always leave out the "No Child Left Behind Act, signing Campaign Finance Reform, The New Medicaid drug entitlement bill, not once even talking about securing our borders for five years after 9-11, etc.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:53:52 PM PST
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: jpsb
"wrong the purpose of a union is collective barganing a fundelmental labor right, without which we would all be screwed."
Collective bargaining....From each according to ability, to each according to need.
Everyone is equal even if they are a worthless slug and everyone else has to make up the difference.
Everything about a union is based on the collective body, nothing about the individual. Just like Communism.
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:53:54 PM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Jimmy Carter changed me into a Republican.......R. W. Reagan made me DAMN proud of it!)
To: Beagle8U
I guess I didn't consider what might be in some 3rd world country. Poland is a Third World country?
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posted on
02/14/2007 2:59:37 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(Hush Bimbo: "Low wage is good for you!")
To: jpsb
wrong the purpose of a union is collective barganing a fundelmental labor right, without which we would all be screwed. Not I.
I worked union for the RR for 6 years of my 30 years of working and all I got was a hefty chunk of change taken out of my pocket for nothing but letters telling me to vote Democrat and coworkers who didn't want to work to earn their income.
I work for a worldwide company now and am nonunion and am complacently humbled by my earned income and the way I am treated.
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posted on
02/14/2007 3:02:44 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: raybbr
"You always leave out the "No Child Left Behind Act, signing Campaign Finance Reform, The New Medicaid drug entitlement bill, not once even talking about securing our borders for five years after 9-11, etc." Incorrect. All of the above are in my post. You just can't be bothered to read, and it gets you in trouble over and over again.
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posted on
02/14/2007 3:06:18 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: A. Pole
"Poland is a Third World country?"
Its not in THIS country and won't be effected by this bill.
I remembered it was Poland after I posted. I was thinking something in South America at first. Either way, it has nothing to do with this country or this bill.
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posted on
02/14/2007 3:06:30 PM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Jimmy Carter changed me into a Republican.......R. W. Reagan made me DAMN proud of it!)
To: Beagle8U
There are secret ballots now, and by no means do employers win all elections.
Also, there are many union contracts that provide for unequal pay.
Your absolute statements are pure fiction.
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posted on
02/14/2007 3:06:49 PM PST
by
You Dirty Rats
(I Love Free Republic!)
To: Cymbaline
"I haven't seen a U.S. union yet that wasn't radically left wing." Airline Pilots' Union supports arming pilots...hardly what you hear from typical lefties.
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posted on
02/14/2007 3:08:44 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: A. Pole
Organized labor has a lot to answer for. But that doesn't mean that conservatives and the Bush White House should always oppose everything they support just because it's supported by organized labor.
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posted on
02/14/2007 3:11:31 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(If the GOP were to stop worshiping Free Trade as if it were a religion, they'd win every election)
To: Beagle8U
C'mon Beagle. Be a man, admit A.Pole's point is correct and stop parsing words like a Clinton.
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