1. EAR MARKS--subsidies for airlines that fly empty or half empty to accomodate a small number of fliers.
2.CARD CHECK TO FORM UNIONS WITHOUT A SECRET BALLOT. This measure was brought up before, but couldn't pass. It would allow union organizers to know WHO was voting against the union. I explained how it would work in my ex. in earlier post.
150 employees in a place. Union is voted on NOT using secret ballot. Only 50 employees vote, so they are considered ALL that are eligible to vote. 34 want union; 16 vote against union in spite of letting union organizers know who they are. 100 employees abstain because they do not want union and do not to be hassled by organizers. The union comes in and all 150 have to join to work there because 50 is considered the total number eligible to vote.
That is my understanding of what it is. A back door to "card check" just as Obama is finding ways to implement everything he wants without going through an actual vote in the two chambers--a negotiated settlement, that if true makes unions a wholel ot easier to organize. This is just one employer, but it would be a trend and would be yet another payoff to Obama's union people.
vaudine
I don't know why you're understanding it that way.
There's no indication in any story I've read that they agreed to what the Dems wanted.
In fact, Fox is saying Reid will likely pass the House bill.