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Catherina

(35,568 posts)
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 08:35 AM Jan 2012

Pls send email. Indiana Democrats within striking distance of stopping union-busting legislation

Indiana Democrats within striking distance of stopping union-busting legislation



Thirty-seven Indiana Democrats are on their third day of denying Republicans the 67-member quorum necessary to proceed with union-busting "right to work" legislation in the Indiana House of Representatives. The Democrats continue to not show up to the chamber despite now facing fines of $1,000 a day.

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A source close to the process has told Daily Kos that Indiana Democrats are "very close to having the votes to defeat the bill on the floor." A total of 51 votes is needed to defeat the bill, and while Democrats are united in opposition, Republicans are divided.

This information is based on an anonymous source, so obviously take it with a grain of salt. Still, there is an intuitive logic backing it up. With multiple members of the Democratic caucus actually facing the possibility of losing their homes over this (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2103881-1,00.html), at this point they would not be staying out of the chamber if the fight was hopeless.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/06/1052261/-Indiana-Democrats-within-striking-distance-of-stopping-union-busting%C2%A0legislation


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