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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Dec 24, 2016, 01:03 PM Dec 2016

Republicans to target unions, expand school choice in states

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republicans are poised to use their newly attained capitol dominance to make Missouri the 27th right-to-work state prohibiting mandatory union fees. That is unless Kentucky's recently crowned GOP majorities can beat them to it.

The race to expand right-to-work laws is just one of several ways that Republicans, who strengthened their grip on power in the November elections, are preparing to reshape state laws affecting workplaces, classrooms, courtrooms and more during 2017.

As President-elect Donald Trump leads an attempted makeover in Washington, Republican governors and state lawmakers will be simultaneously pushing an aggressive agenda that limits abortion, lawsuits and unions, cuts business taxes and regulations, and expands gun rights and school choice.

Republicans will hold 33 governors' offices, have majorities in 33 legislatures and control both the governor's office and legislature in 25 states — their most since 1952. Democrats will control both the governor's office and legislature in only about a half-dozen states; the rest will have politically divided governments.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-to-target-unions-expand-school-choice-in-states/ar-BBxvWWX?li=BBnb7Kz

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Republicans to target unions, expand school choice in states (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP
Yes, they are set to move RTW forward and it will be signed by the Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #1
live in Wisconsin jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #2

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Yes, they are set to move RTW forward and it will be signed by the
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 01:19 PM
Dec 2016

new GOP Governor without any doubt. That said the Unions still have a few tricks up their sleeve to push back on this non-sense legislation. It may take awhile and will be an uphill battle, but not all hope is lost.

 

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
2. live in Wisconsin
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 01:25 PM
Dec 2016

along with Kansas, we were the petri dish for the Kochs. You are all in for it. What they did here, they will do to the entire country. We live in Hell. I am sorry, Walker's shit will multiply. All of our WI Rs are fucks. Ryan is the fuckiest and he has power now.

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