Posted on 01/26/2012 9:40:58 AM PST by tobyhill
In the end, they just didnt have the votes.
For two legislative sessions, Indiana Democrats fought the divisive labor measure known as right-to-work. They offered amendments aimed at changing the bill. They sought to put the issue before voters in a referendum. And in their most high-profile gambit, House Democrats staged occasional boycotts to deny the Republican-dominated chamber enough members to conduct business.
But that all ended Wednesday when the minority party acceded to the mathematical reality of the Republicans 60-40 majority in the chamber. Democrats showed up, and the Indiana House voted 54-44 to make Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state.
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Bingo.
Yes, and one of my uncles worked there., My dad and a couple of his brothers worked at Chrysler in Kokomo.
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