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Blue Collar Jobs
Democrats fancy themselves to be the party of the workin' man. They're not. If anything they are the party of the government union workingperson. The votes in this policy area show who's really about creating jobs and encouraging job creators and who is about protecting voter blocks.
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Report on Jobs Created by the Bonding Bill
Body: Minnesota Senate | Journal Page: 6858 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: Y
Author: Limmer
Acting on: SF2360 Date: 02/09/2010
Result: Amendment Defeated 32 - 33
You can't swing a dead cat in the Capitol without hitting some legislator who's talking about job creation. That's all they talk about. You would think the DFL would embrace the opportunity to document all of the high-paying mostly union jobs they are creating by passing the bonding bill. A number of amendments addressed the job tracking issue and they were either rejected by the DFL or watered down. Here's another one.
(Updated: 04/06/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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Bonding Jobs for Permanent Residents
Body: Minnesota Senate | Journal Page: 6864 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: Y
Author: Limmer
Acting on: SF2360 Date: 02/09/2010
Result: Amendment Defeated 21 - 44
The Limmer amendment to the Chaudhary amendment tightens up the Chaudhary amendment just a smidgen. It requires that the handful of temporary jobs created by the bill be given to permanent residents of the state, not just people who have resided here for 90 days. This combined with the earlier amendment to suspend the prevailing wage requirement would have greatly enhanced the local benefits of the bill.
(Updated: 03/09/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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Bonding Jobs for 90-Day Residents
Body: Minnesota Senate | Journal Page: 6864 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: Y
Author: Chaudhary
Acting on: SF2360 Date: 02/09/2010
Result: Amendment Defeated 18 - 45
The Chaudhary amendment would require the handful of temporary jobs created by the bill be given to people who have resided in the state for 90 days.
(Updated: 03/09/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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What's a "Spinoff Job"?
Body: Minnesota House | Journal Page: 7780 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: N
Author: Morrow
Acting on: HF2700 Date: 02/15/2010
Result: Amendment Adopted 88 - 45
The DFL is trying to spin this long-term debt bill as a jobs bill. They have estimates written on the back of cocktail napkins that the bill will create 21,000 jobs. Or 27,000 jobs, depending on whose cocktail napkin you are using. When Rep. Brod tried to amend the bill to include a report on all of the jobs that will be created, the DFL quickly moved to water down the definition of what a job is. The Morrow amendment would define job to include direct jobs, indirect jobs and spinoff jobs.
(Updated: 04/14/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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Bond Project Cancellation Report
Body: Minnesota House | Journal Page: 7785 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: Y
Author: Dean
Acting on: HF2700 Date: 02/15/2010
Result: Amendment Defeated 48 - 85
About a billion dollars of bonding authority are apparently sitting on a shelf in Agencyville, according to the Bond Cancellation Report from Minnesota Management and Budget. The Dean amendment is an attempt to light a fire under the ample arses of the bureaucrats in charge of releasing the bonds. Statute gives the bureaucrats four years to pull the trigger on bonding projects. This amendment would be better if it also gave agencies the authority to cancel projects, but ya can't have everything.
(Updated: 03/11/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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Chalk One Up for the Musties!
Body: Minnesota House | Journal Page: 7789 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: N
Author: Sertich
Acting on: HF2700 Date: 02/15/2010
Result: Amendment Defeated 50 - 83
The Setich amendment to the Emmer amendment would have ensured that the federal E-Verify worker citizenship verification system would never be used for bonding projects. It's the old "must" to "may" manuver, as in E-Verify must may be used by bonding project contractors. This time around, the day belonged to Must. Gives a little hope to lonely old 204C.10 (b), huh? UPDATE: Must didn't make it, man.
(Updated: 04/14/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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"E-Verify" Citizenship Verification for Job Creation Projects
Body: Minnesota House | Journal Page: 7790 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: Y
Author: Emmer, T.
Acting on: HF2700 Date: 02/15/2010
Result: Amendment Adopted 107 - 25
With "May" sulking in the Retiring Room (see Sertich amendment), "Must" cemented his victory with passage of the underlying E-Verify amendment. No fewer than 15 DFL committee chairs voted for May. Wonder if Must will survive conference committee? UPDATE: Must didn't make it, man.
(Updated: 04/14/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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Motion to Refuse to Concur, Union Licensing Bill
Body: Minnesota House | Journal Page: 7896 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? No |
Author: Gottwalt
Acting on: HF927 Date: 02/22/2010
Result: Motion failed 47 - 85
See Union Licensing Mandate on Rural Minnesota vote summary. Ditto. This bill should have been returned to conference committee to strip out the mandates on small businesses, school districts and anyone living in rural parts of the state.
(Updated: 03/19/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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Prevailing Wage Scheme Opt-Out to Save Local Dollars
Body: Minnesota House | Journal Page: 9185 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? Yes | Right Vote: Y
Author: Gottwalt
Acting on: HF1671 Date: 03/22/2010
Result: Amendment Defeated 32 - 102
The Gottwalt amendment kept the common sense train rolling along with no DFL passengers. The amendment would allow cities to opt out of the union wage scheme known as prevailing wage. Cities opting to make the most of their tax dollars by refusing to pay the artificially inflated wages would split the savings as follows: "(1) 50 percent to the city; (2) 25 percent must be deposited in the state general fund; and (3) 25 percent must be deposited in the workforce development fund under section 116L.20." The usual DFL union hacks rose to whine about the poor workingperson whom they pretend to represent. Rep. Rukavina actually stood up on the floor of the Minnesota House of Representatives and said the Gottwalt amendment was taking money out of the pockets of the workers. Sad. That's about as good as it got from the DFL side of the floor. If you want to witness the stark contrast between tired platitudes of the Minnesota DFL and the input of people who truly represent the workers, click here and fast forward to 01:27:00.
(Updated: 04/23/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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First House Vote, Day Training Bid Preference
Body: Minnesota House | Journal Page: 9487 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? No |
Author: Pelowski
Acting on: HF3096 Date: 03/23/2010
Result: Bill Passed 129 - 0
HF 3096 increases the services that the state can outsource to rehabilitation facilities, extended employment providers, and day training and habilitation service programs. The services will now include document imaging, document shredding, mailing, collating and sorting services in addition to janitorial services. The bill also increases from five to six percent the bid preference that can be granted to these vendors. It's a safe bet that AFSCME will be watching this one. Not scored.
(Updated: 05/05/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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Final Senate Vote, Day Training Bid Preference
Body: Minnesota Senate | Journal Page: 9110 (Click to view vote.)
Scored? No |
Author: Rest
Acting on: HF3096 Date: 03/29/2010
Result: Bill Passed 67 - 0
HF 3096 increases the services that the state can outsource to rehabilitation facilities, extended employment providers, and day training and habilitation service programs. The services will now include document imaging, document shredding, mailing, collating and sorting services in addition to janitorial services. The bill also increases from five to six percent the bid preference that can be granted to these vendors. It's a safe bet that AFSCME will be watching this one. Not scored.
(Updated: 05/30/2010 | Copyright © BillsandVotes.com)
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