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Indiana Democrats flee to avoid voting (AGAIN!)
New York Times via Post Gazette ^ | First published on January 25, 2012 at 12:00 am | Monica Davey

Posted on 01/25/2012 2:32:36 PM PST by EBH

With Republican-controlled Indiana on the verge of becoming a "right to work" state, Democrats in the state House on Tuesday took the only step they have left to prevent it, if only for a bit longer. They disappeared. Again.

A final vote on the measure, which would bar union contracts from requiring nonunion members to pay fees for representation, had been expected Tuesday in the House, which Republicans dominate, 60-40.

But with scores of union members and supporters filling the Statehouse halls in Indianapolis in protest, most Democrats refused to turn up for floor sessions -- not once, but twice on Tuesday afternoon.

The absences, only the latest in a series of absences and fierce partisan debate over the issue during the state's legislative session, meant that Republicans did not have enough members on the floor to do business; 67 representatives are required.

And so -- with the national spotlight soon to descend on Indianapolis for the Super Bowl, and with the tense standoff only rising among lawmakers and protesters -- Indiana finds itself at the center of a fight over the role of unions and their power, not unlike the issues that boiled over last year in Ohio and Wisconsin.

Republicans say the "right to work" legislation would allow workers who do not wish to support unions not to be forced to do so, and would entice new businesses to move to Indiana, which would be the first state in more than a decade to approve such a provision.

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: dncrico; fleas; fleebaggers; indiana; noaccountability; righttowork; typicaldnccorruption; unions
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Again...they flee ...
1 posted on 01/25/2012 2:32:42 PM PST by EBH
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To: EBH

Behold the fleebagger party


2 posted on 01/25/2012 2:34:19 PM PST by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common- Voltaire)
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To: EBH

I love how they are all about choice when it comes to abortion and okay with forced unionization. Ridiculous two- year old behavior, but not surprising. Actually, I know some more rational two year olds.


3 posted on 01/25/2012 2:35:22 PM PST by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: EBH
Clowns. The lot of them.
4 posted on 01/25/2012 2:35:29 PM PST by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: EBH

spineless basteds. they should be jailed for dereliction of duty.


5 posted on 01/25/2012 2:36:05 PM PST by Ancient Drive (DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
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To: EBH

Texas democrats did the same a few years ago and it didn’t work out well for them at all!


6 posted on 01/25/2012 2:36:33 PM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: EBH

Proof they are fascists at heart.


7 posted on 01/25/2012 2:36:55 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Now I know how the average lefty would feel if Fred Phelps were elected President.)
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To: Ancient Drive

oh wait wrong thinking.


8 posted on 01/25/2012 2:37:12 PM PST by Ancient Drive (DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
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To: EBH

It passed the Indiana House-Bill 1001-The Right to Work law. Now goes to Indiana Senate and on to Gov. Daniels for signature. Hopefully by Friday...


9 posted on 01/25/2012 2:37:26 PM PST by donozark (SAVE THE MANATEE! PUT THEM IN PENS SO THEY DON'T DAMAGE THE PROPS ON OUR YACHTS!)
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they SHOULD be fleeing We the People....


10 posted on 01/25/2012 2:37:36 PM PST by mo
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Freakin cowards.

Don’t make me come down there.


11 posted on 01/25/2012 2:37:36 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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Romen... I mean, 0bamacare was shoved down our throats without R’s running away (well, where would they run?), yet when the toddler party doesn’t like something, they need to pout and abandon the process.


12 posted on 01/25/2012 2:38:00 PM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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To: donozark

Thank you for the update. Good...he’ll sign it.


13 posted on 01/25/2012 2:38:35 PM PST by EBH (God Humbles Nations, Leaders, and Peoples before He uses them for His Purpose)
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It would be cool if these Rats would flee and never come back. Maybe it could start a nationwide trend and the country would be saved. I here Venezuela is a friendly place for Leftist.


14 posted on 01/25/2012 2:39:26 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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Mark them AWOL, then prosecute!


15 posted on 01/25/2012 2:39:41 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: EBH

right there is only one thing they have to do.

They obviously hate the constitution and hate being in the minority so here is a way to solve their baby tantrums.

Let most of the northern states especially the north est and leave with most of the west coast, let them join Quebec and let them have their liberal socialist utopia.

One one condition, they take all their illegals, perverts, homosexuals and the lunatic left.

I’d give them 10 years before their country goes to crap and they’ll be crying to come back.


16 posted on 01/25/2012 2:39:48 PM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman.Trolls get a life, I HATE OUR BIASED LIBERAL MEDIA.)
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Flee to France and stay there.


17 posted on 01/25/2012 2:40:10 PM PST by Leep (It's gonna be a Newt day!)
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Flee to France and stay there.


18 posted on 01/25/2012 2:40:15 PM PST by Leep (It's gonna be a Newt day!)
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To: silverleaf

Smile

I like that!


19 posted on 01/25/2012 2:40:15 PM PST by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: donozark

haha thanks for the update, dude. These Democrap clowns should stay out of Indiana forever and become hobos.


20 posted on 01/25/2012 2:40:43 PM PST by max americana (Buttcrack Obama is an idiot)
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