republicans did pass it with their 62 votes, and 62 votes is enough to pass it but not nearly enough for it to go into effect immediately. but regardless, they just attached immediate effect to it anyway. look, it s in the record. representative stamas moved the bill be given immediate effect. 2/3 of the members serving voted therefore. that did not happen. i do not see how that could be true. republicans don t have a 2/3 majority and democrats voted against the bill. so you re telling me that a dozen democrats voted against this bill they hated, they voted against it and then once it passed anyway over their objections they decided, oh, well, it passed, i guess i ll vote to put this thing in effect immediately. seriously? if you look at the numbers you need for immediate effect in michigan and the numbers republicans actually have, it does not seem possible that the emergency manager law or maybe
for the past year, we have been reporting on republican governments in michigan. for the past year, we have called emergency michigan s emergency manager law the most radical republican legislation in the country. and if that radical, radical law had passed under regular rules. if it hadn t been put into immediate effect, if they couldn t get a 2/3 super majority to put it in effect that day when governor schneider signed it, then that radical law would only just now being taking effect. now in 2012, benton harbor would only just now be losing democracy instead of barrelling into the second year of having no local voting rights. that would not have happened yet. it should not have happened. those pregnant girls would not have been arrested trying to save their school in detroit. the law would be going into effect as of last week. the city of detroit would not have been in the position of
are supposed to say it. here s the state s republican governor how excited he is to use overregulation in an effort to make it impossible for anybody in mississippi to get a legal abortion. it has been seven years since we have got good pro-life legislation passed out of the mississippi legislature. that is a bill that gives us a great opportunity to do to accomplish what our goal needs to be. our goal needs to be to end all abortions in mississippi. i believe the admitting bill gives us the rights to do that. this is your life when your party at the federal level and at the state level and in hearing rooms and in state houses and even on the presidential campaign trail is constantly and tirelessly and relentlessly waging war on women s rights. you don t need the democrats or the media to help give you a reputation for that. dude, you have earned it.
democrats have begun demanding role call votes to see whether republicans have this 2/3 majority they claim. they re demanding an actual count to see if they have all 73 votes that the republicans would need for these laws to go into immediate effect. this is the picture of the democrats demanding a vote like that last week. demanding it and not getting it. we asked the michigan democrats if they could provide us with an example of the way that republicans are running the house. saying that they ve got a 2/3 majority when it seems impossible that they do. and they sent over this clip from last month. this is amazing. what s happening here, the context here is that republicans have just passed a measure making it harder to get a repeal on the ballot, to get a citizen s repeal on the ballot. michigan democrats want to repeal that emergency manager law, right. republicans are trying to unilaterally change garn law to make it harder to repeal it. and naturally, they want that to take effec
way republicans are saying that they did. it didn t happen that way. for the past year, we have been reporting on republican governments in michigan. for the past year, we have called emergency michigan s emergency manager law the most radical republican legislation in the country. and if that radical, radical law had passed under regular rules. if it hadn t been put into immediate effect, if they couldn t get a 2/3 super majority to put it in effect that day when governor schneider signed it, then that radical law would only just now being taking effect. now in 2012, benton harbor would only just now be losing democracy instead of barrelling into the second year of having no local voting rights. that would not have happened yet. it should not have happened. those pregnant girls would not have been arrested trying to save their school in detroit.