House passes 1 of 2 right-to-work bills

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LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
LET'S GET A CONCLUSION.
LET'S GET AN ANSWER.
LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE.
WE ARE STILL HERE.
WE ARE STILL GOING TO FIGHT
EVEN WHEN THE ODDS ARE
STACKED AGAINST US.
ARREST, PEPPER SPRAY, AN
HISTORIC DAY AT THE STATE
CAPITOL.
LAWMAKERS DEBATING AND THEY
BEGIN VOTING ON RIGHT TO WORK
BILLS.
WITH ALL OVER THE STORY WITH
LIVE, TEAM COVERAGE GIVING
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT? I AM SUSAN SHAW.
I AM BRIAN STERLING.
HERE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW
IN LANSING.
THE STATE HOUSE HAS PASSED A
RIGHT TO WORK BILL THAT IS
NOT THE FINAL STEP THOUGH IN
THE HOUSE.
RIGHT NOW THE STATE SENATE IS
STILL DISCUSSING A RIGHT TO
WORK BILL.
VOTE THERE YET.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME,
TODAY, WE THOUGH THAT
GOVERNOR SCHNIDE EVERY NOW
SUPPORTS THE LEGISLATION THAT
WILL PROHIBIT REQUIRING
UNIONS FROM COLLECTING FEES
FROM ONUNION EMPLOYEES AT ALL
WORKPLACES EXCEPT FOR POLICE
AND FIRE UNIONS.
POLITICAL REPORTER, RICK
AL BAN, IS STAYING IN TOUCH
WITH LAWMAKERS WORKING TO
FIND OUT HOW THIS IS ALL
GOING TO WORK OUT.
BE BEGINS OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE TONIGHT.
RICK.
Reporter: THIS IS THE
BIGGEST POLICY CHANGE IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN SINCE THE
64 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
INSOME THINK SO.
ONE INSIDER WHO HAS BEEN
AROUND FOR A LISTENING TIME,
SAYS THIS IS MAJOR.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
IS NO NOT A DONE DEAL YET;
HOWEVER, THE SENATE IS IN THE
FINAL STAGES IN VOTING ON
WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE THE
FIRST TWO OF BILLS THAT WILL
ENACT THE LEGISLATION.
AS YOU POINTEDDED OUT.
THE HOUSE WILL ALSO HAVE TO
ACT.
OVER IN THIS SENATE EARLIER
TODAY.
THERE WAS I LOFT
CONVERSATION.
THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 20
AMENDMENTS OFFERED ON THE
FIRST BILL ALONE.
NONE OF THOSE PASSED BUT
DEMOCRATS WERE EAGER TO HAVE
THE VOICES HEARD.
STILL MORE SPEAKING ON THE
FLOOR.
EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH
GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER WHO HAS
SAID TODAY, HE WILL SIGN
RIGHT TO WORK LEGISLATION AND
MINORITY LEADER IN THE SENATE
WHO REMAINS FUNDAMENTALLY
OPPOSED.
DOES IT SURPRISE YOU THAT
MICHIGAN MAY BE HIN THE FIRST
HALF OF THE STATES IN THE
COUNTRY TO BECOME RIGHT TO
WORK?
WELL, IT IS ONE OF THE
FACTS I AM SURE PEOPLE WILL
ANALYZE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK
AT YOONS HAVE DONE A LOT OF
GREAT THINGS IN OUR COUNTRY
AND STARTEDDED RIGHT HEEREN
MICHIGAN IF YOU ARE LOOKING
AT WAGES AND GO BACK OVER THE
LAST CEN RY.
WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE ISSUE IS HOW TO CONTINUE
THAT RELEVANCE TODAY.
THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS,
THIS IS NOT ANTIUNION AT ALL
IN TERMS OF GIVING FREEDOM OF
CHOICE TO WORKERS THAT PEE
LONG TO A YUN OR NOT.
IT REALLY CREATING AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE UNIONS WILL
BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO
MICHIGAN WORKERS.
YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE
HEARINGS.
WE SHOULD DO THIS DURING A
REGULAR SESSION, SO PEOPLE
CAN COME IN TO MAKE THE CASE
FOR IT.
PEOPLE CAN COME IN TO SAY
WHAT IT IS GOING MEAN FOR THE
MILD CLASS.
WHAT THE GUYS ARE OW CARDS
TRYING TO MOVE THIS DURING A
LAME-DUCK SESSION AND
PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL IT IS DRK
OUT WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE
CAPITOL.
Reporter: WELL, SHE IS
RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING.
IT WILL BE DARK OUT AS IT IS
ALREADY BEFORE THE VOTES ARE
TAKEN OVER IN THE SENATE.
NOT YET CLEAR WHEN IT GETS
WRAPPED.
WE ARE THINKING TUESDAY
PERHAPS IN THE HOUSE.
I JUST WALKED OUT OF THE
CAPITOL.
THERE IS SOME CONFUSION HOW
THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD BUT IT
SEEMS LIKELY NOW IT WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
THE QUESTION IS: WILL THE
VOTES REMAIN IN THE US NOW
THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND
VOTE ON AS TO DAY.
OF COURSE, WE'LL BE HERE FROM
NOW IN UNTIL THEN TAKE YOU
THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
IN THE HISTORIC LANDMARK
LEGISLATION IN ONE OF THE
HOME OF THE UNIONS, STATE OF
MICHIGAN.
LIVE IN LANSING, BACK TO YOU.
SO, RICK, IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THE GOVERNOR COULD SEE
THIS BILL SOMETIME NEXT WEEK?
Reporter: I THINK IT IS
QUITE POSSIBLE HE COULD.
NOW LAW AMERICAS WERE EDGING
THE BETS EARLIER TODAY.
THEY WERE SAYING, WELL, BY
THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE WANT THIS TO BE DONE BY
THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR
IMMEDIATE AFFECTS SO IT
WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL
90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF
SESSION BUT I PREDICT THIS
WILL BE DONE ON THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK SOMETIME
BEFORE THE END OF NEXT WEEK
UNLESS SOMETHING PLOSE UP.
BY THE WAY, THAT IS NOT
TOTALLY IM POSSIBLE.
I THINK IT IS ON THE WAY TO