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U.S. House Democrats investigating Haslam's role in Volkswagen plant vote
Kingsport (TN) Times News ^ | April 16, 2014 | G. Chambers Williams III

Posted on 04/16/2014 3:10:56 PM PDT by don-o

Democrats in the U.S. House on Wednesday opened an "inquiry" into whether Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's administration might have violated federal labor law by attempting to tie state incentives for expansion of the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant to the outcome of an election over representation by the United Auto Workers union.

The probe is yet another chapter in the ongoing debate over whether Republican officials, including Haslam and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, may have interfered in the February election in which workers voted 712-626 to reject the UAW, which was attem

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: billhaslam; bobcorker; chattanooga; tennessee; uaw; volkswagen

1 posted on 04/16/2014 3:10:56 PM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o

http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/sites/democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/files/documents/4.16.14-LetterFromRepsMillerandTierneytoGovHaslam.pdf


2 posted on 04/16/2014 3:13:08 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Haslam needs to tell them to go pound sand.


3 posted on 04/16/2014 3:16:15 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Dems never surrender. That’s something Republicans should emulate.


4 posted on 04/16/2014 3:21:22 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: don-o

Of course, Democrats would never interfere with a union vote.

Which is why they are now trying, once again to interfere with this union vote.


5 posted on 04/16/2014 3:21:37 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: don-o

Why don’t they open aninvesitgationinto the harassment of True the vote by amultiplicity of governement agencies?


6 posted on 04/16/2014 3:22:10 PM PDT by amnestynone (Lindsey Graham is a feckless, duplicitous, treacherous, double dealing backstabbing corksucker.)
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To: don-o

I wonder how many of those Dems actually own a UAW built vehicle. Judging from all of the Obama stickers I see on foreign cars, probably not a high percentage.


7 posted on 04/16/2014 3:39:57 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: don-o
The probe is yet a

IT IS NOT A "PROBE". It is a bunch of democrats playing house.

8 posted on 04/16/2014 6:48:46 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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