law go into effect right away, immediately. otherwise you wait. you pass it under normal rules, under a majority, you have to wait. if you want it to go into effect immediately, you need a two-thirds vote. that s what they decided back in the 1960s. that s what the state constitution says. half a century later, january 2011, a new and hardcore conservative republican majority took over the state government in michigan. republicans controlled both chambers of the legislature and they have the governorship. they have been passing bills at quite a clip. the democrats in michigan say since republicans took over the michigan house, they ve passed 566 bills. we have looked into that count ourselves. it does seem accurate and the republicans are not contesting it. of those 566 bills, 546, all about 20 of them, were passed under the immediate effect clause. 96% of the bills they ve passed have essentially been an emergency.
here in new york city. great to have you visiting us. pleasure to be here. and john is a political comedian, will cain and fdorian nice to have each and every when of you. good morning. interesting to think it s been a month since trayvon martin killed. and two weeks since white people heard about it. the story was not that well-known in the media. on social media it was making the rounds and finally everyone else picked it up about two weeks ago. of course it s our starting point, thousands are expected to make their way to san sford, florida. honoring trayvon martin, and the rally will begin at 4:00 p.m. outside the first united methodist church and the crowds are going to make their way to the civic center which is roughly a half mile away and that s where the city s going to hold a town hall. there are reports that trayvon s parents are expected to speak there, that march comes right after a candlelight vigil held yesterday for martin. there were songs and
tommy s country ham house in greenville, south carolina. they ll both be there at the same time. as a matter of fact, mitt romney showed up. he showed up early, which is kind of interesting. we ll take you there. plus, a lot of people are dealing with rough weather today. meteorologist reynolds rolf will show you. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is cnn saturday morning. i m gary tuchman. for three hours and counting that is how long south carolinaens have been voting. in between are these three members of our cnn team. our don lemon is talking to voters in lexington. paul steinhauser is watching the candidates from columbia. schon na sheppard is watching the action. she s been watching newt gingrich for a long time. he s one of the two front-runner s at the ham house. it sounds funny. how did they end up going to the same restaurant in the same state at the same time? reporter: you know, gary, the candidates are saying it was purely a coincidence that th
just absolutely stamp on the rights of working people. neil: what is stamping on their right, putting a limit on the increase? contracts between, for example, firefighters in elizabeth and the town of elizabeth have nothing to do with the state budget. neil: in the state picks up the cost and he says nor monday more than 2% that s not saying i ll firing you. it s cooling it. you have a huge mound of problems. the governor has certain responsibilities and certainly he can say that when he gets to the table with state workers, that he is the employer for. but he s not the employer in 566 different municipalities around new jersey. and those towns elect people to negotiate contracts. neil: you have to do something, right? i think there s a lot of
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