Such An Eventful Day
Did you know that yesterday, Nov. 8?------
- Ohio voters repealed anti-union law
- Sen. Russell Pearce was recalled in Arizona
- Controversial abortion amendment was voted down in Mississippi
- Obama health care law was upheld by appeals court
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Yup. Ohio’s new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday.
CBS news reports: “In a political blow to GOP Gov. John Kasich, voters handily rejected the law, which would have limited the bargaining abilities of 350,000 unionized public workers.”
TMJ 4 declares: “Democrats using Ohio’s collective bargaining fight as fuel for Walker recall”
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Huffington Post informs us that “State Sen. Russell Pearce, the controversial architect of Arizona's immigration law, was voted out of office on Tuesday evening in a special recall election. He was defeated by Jerry Lewis, a fellow Republican who does not support the immigration crackdown and has vowed to reject gifts from special interest groups and work to ban gifts for legislators. Lewis won with roughly 54 percent of the vote, state officials announced on Tuesday evening. Pearce is the top Republican in the state senate, and a 10-year state legislator.”
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Per TPM: Mississippi "voters rejected ballot Initiative 26, which would have defined personhood as beginning at fertilization. With 63% of the vote reporting, the ‘No’ position is leading by a margin of 57%-43%, and has been projected as the winner by the Associated Press. The proposal, initiated through petitions by pro-life activists, would have outlawed not only abortion but many forms of birth control that can prevent the uterine implantation of a fertilized egg.”
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And according to the Associated Press/Naplesnews.com: “A conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama's health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight.”
