GOP: So-Called Right-To-Work Bill Now Dead (Indiana)

theindychannel.com ^ | February 23, 2011 | Norman Cox

[Abathar]

INDIANAPOLIS -- Republican leaders at the Statehouse conceded Wednesday, killing so-called right-to-work legislation that prompted House Democrats to leave the state in protest.

Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma confirmed that the legislation would not come back this session, and that he would not allow right-to-work language to be amended into another bill in the House, 6News' Norman Cox reported.

Senate Leader David Long made the same commitment for the Senate.

Right-to-work legislation, which prevents unions and companies from negotiating contracts that require non-union members pay a fee to be represented, had been at the top of the list of Democrats' concerns, prompting union protests at the Statehouse.

A bill that would ban collective bargaining for state workers, township reform and more also were killed after all but three of the 40 Democrats fled the state Tuesday, leaving the chamber short of the two-thirds of members needed to conduct business.

After attempting to convene the House on Wednesday morning, Republican Speaker Brian Bosma announced that he had talked with minority leader Pat Bauer by phone in Illinois.

[Abathar]

P******!!

[Doctor 2Brains]

for later

[Red Badger]

Bastards...............

[LibFreeUSA]

Giving-in to law-breakers? Is that the lesson of the day here?

[pallis]

Too bad. Get the Democrats back, and run it through. Do the citizens a favor.

[backwoods-engineer]

The unions won this round. The people lost.

[Abathar]

I can’t believe they folded, those chickensh*t wusses...

[wilco200]

It came from the top. Mitch Daniels is a Lib mole and must be destroyed before the media makes him the GOP nominee. You heard it hear first.

[Bobby_Taxpayer]

WIMP RINOs

[Carry_Okie]

Never, never, never advance an tough bill without being sure of passage, especially at the beginning of the session.

Idiotic.

[listenhillary]

The Dems won’t use lube.

[chickadee]

Indiana Republicans

[Interesting Times]

Useless RINOs. Let ‘em hear it.

[opus86]

Mitch caved. Don’t think I’ll be supporting him if he makes a run in 2012.

[Abathar]

It would have passed, they had all the votes to get it done. That’s why the Dems ran, they knew it was the only way to stop it.

[Nickname]

This was Daniels’ doing. He didn’t have the legislators’ backs.

[Tzimisce]

Now back to the hard work of raising your taxes and taking your freedom.

Have a nice day. :)

[McGavin999]

That ends any possibility of Daniels getting the GOP nomination. We really don’t need another wuss in the office of POTUS.

[rawhide]

I agree! A Rino (like McCain and Danials) is much more dangerous to the Republican party than a Democrat.

[Sir Gawain]

Daniels really really really didn’t want to be president looks like.