The unions were pretty cocky after Barack Obama, a supporter of the badly misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, won in November. On top of that, the Democrats expanded their majorities in Congress--a lot, but not quite enough. Even if Minnesota's Al Franken (ugh!) gets seated, that leaves the Dems one short of 60 votes--the number needed to win a cloture vote. Which means the Democrats need a Republican defection to pass EFCA, better known as "card check." But Arlen Specter (R-PA), who supported card check in 2007, won't this time. Now some Dems are bailing: Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) says she won't vote for EFCA "in its current form." Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) are shaky on card check.
But joining Lincoln in the "No" category is newly appointed Colorado Democrat Michael Bennett.
I think it's safe to say that card check, in its current form, is dead.
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Unions will never give up trying to enslave Americans. Democrats will never give up the automatic donations from their slaveholders.
ReplyDeleteDon't think for a minute the leftists will give up.