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HOUSE BILL 474: THE “NAY’S” AND THE “NO-SHOWS”
“Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.” -Samuel Butler
“The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.”-Michael Caine
HOUSE BILL 474, “An act relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union,” passed out of the house and obtained Senate Concurrence with Amendments. In laymen’s terms, both houses passed the bill. However, it is important to note that in the House, the bill did not pass with a veto-proof majority. According to the House Bill 474 Roll Call, the Bill passed 225 Yeas and 140 Nays.
How It Breaks down:
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DEMOCRATIC |
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Yea Vote |
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0 |
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Nay Vote |
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93 |
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Not Voting |
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9 |
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REPUBLICAN |
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Yea Vote |
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225 |
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Nay Vote |
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47 |
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Not Voting |
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21 |
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INDEPENDENT |
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Yea Vote |
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1 |
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Nay Vote |
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0 |
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Not Voting |
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0 |
Throwing Fellow Democrats Under The Bus
“Why do Republicans want to turn New Hampshire into Mississippi?–Ray Buckley, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair In the Union Leader today, Democratic Chair Ray Buckley opined for State House Bureau Chief Tom Fahey, in a story entitled, “As promised, Lynch vetoes right-to-work” And as usual, Ray had me scratching my head and chuckling. In Defense … Read more
THE VETO OF HB 474: “RIGHT TO WORK? NOT SO MUCH…
“Labor unions would have us believe that they transfer income from rich capitalists to poor workers. In fact, they mostly transfer income from the large number of non-union workers to a small number of relatively well-off union workers…” –ROBERT E. ANDERSON, Just Get Out of the Way
CONCORD – Governor Lynch, true to his word vetoed HB 474, the right to work Bill recently passed out of the house and Senate. Passed out of both the house and Senate, the bill has drawn the ire of the Union Hackarama far and wide. All of the pro-unionists came out in force to pontificate about being against the working men and women of this country; About people who will starve and go hungry; and when the rhetoric and false logic had no effect, They crowded hearing rooms and were disruptive with verbal outbursts. Despite all this bad behavior, rank demagoguery and cursing at lawmakers, the bill passed anyway.
Tom Fahey, Statehouse Bureau Chief for the Union Leader writes, “Unions see the bill as a move funded by out of state interests to undercut their role in the workplace. (Unions) argue that the measure intrudes in labor-management relations,” in this morning’s UL article,GOP goes after right-to-work opponents.
Juxtapose that against Unions bussing in “volunteers” for Carol Shea-Porter’s campaign from, Lord-knows where; And, the Union interests from all around the country pumping big dollars into local campaigns, those hardly qualify as out-of-state interests? Leave it to Union mouthpieces to complain about the very thing that is not only pro forma for them, but done with absolute shameless impunity.
Governor Lynch and his union cronies, with their Machiavellian Template, redefine the plain and ordinary meaning of words in the furtherance of their subterfuge. In his press release Governor Lynch chastises, “States should not interfere with the rights of businesses and their employees to freely negotiate contracts. That is unless there is a compelling public interest, and there is no compelling public interest in passing this legislation…” They would have us believe that somehow the veto of this bill is was advocacy for freedom.” Lynch would have us believe job seekers have this “freedom” already in place enabling them to be free from the yoke of the Unions. That is untrue, when an employee has to pay an agency fee to the coffers of the Union. That is essentially joining the Union by proxy.
Who Voted Against HB 474? The Right to Work Bill
You can probably guess who voted against HB 474. Democrats. In fact not one single Democrat voted for it. But they are not beholden to the unions. Nah.
The Final Roll Call was 221 for, 131 against. My original post, with a margin of 221 to 121 was incorrect, (which means I need to find a second tweet source in the House for verification purposes.)
Of those voting no 40 were Republicans. Of those not voting, 11 were democrats and 36 were Republican. So while a veto is promised, an override is still very possible.
But is it likley?
The Republicans can’t just hope the entire caucus shows up, they need to flip a chunk of those 40 Republicans to make this happen. But can they herd cats like the left?
We’ll probably get to find out.
Until then, here are the lists of those Republicans who voted no, and those who did not vote. (on the jump.)
NH House Passes Right To Work Bill
By a vote of 221 to 121 HB 474 passes the NH House. While this is not a veto proof majority 58 House reps did not vote leaving plenty of room for a veto override.
Updated Hearing Times
Corrected Hearing Times for Thursday Feb 3rd