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SEIU Sent Key GOP Senator $5K on Day Bill to End 'Forced Unionization' Arrived in Senate
Capitol Confidential ^
| 2/8/2012
| Jack Spencer
Posted on 02/08/2012 7:51:25 PM PST by MichCapCon
Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Roger Khan, R-Saginaw, received $5,000 from the Service Employees International Union on June, 9, 2011. That was the day House Bill 4003 was sent to the Senate, one day after its passage in the House.
HB 4003 was drafted to end the Home Healthcare Dues Skim, under which the SEIU has received more than $28 million. These taxpayer dollars were, and continue to be, taken from home health care worker checks and given to the SEIU as union dues.
According to multiple sources, Sen. Kahn was put in charge of HB 4003 after it was sent to the Senate floor in late 2011. Delaying passage of HB 4003 in the Senate keeps the dues flowing to the SEIU.
This dues flow amounts to roughly $6 million annually, which the SEIU could use for political purposes
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics
KEYWORDS: michigan; unions
To: MichCapCon
KHAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!
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posted on
02/08/2012 7:56:37 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: MichCapCon
One of the best Republicans money can buy.
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posted on
02/08/2012 8:25:30 PM PST
by
oyez
To: MichCapCon
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posted on
02/08/2012 8:28:27 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: MichCapCon
Time for a couple of RECALLS, then investigations, followed by jail time for accepting bribes. Then get the state to decertify the union, SEIU, and charge its leaders with bribing public officials.
Let’s see who is honest and who isn’t in Michigan, or is that an oyxmoron?
To: oyez
He’s a cheap date, too. Only 5K per vote - chump change for SEIU
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posted on
02/08/2012 9:04:14 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: MichCapCon; Mrs. P; Gosh I love this neighborhood; cripplecreek
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posted on
02/08/2012 9:07:40 PM PST
by
GILTN1stborn
(Can you hear me now?)
To: MichCapCon
As is often said, “There’s not a Dime’s worth of Difference...”
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posted on
02/08/2012 9:14:29 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
To: MichCapCon
LOL, I’m sure Ubama and Holder’s FBI will get right on this case and send this corrupt scumbag Roger Khan to jail, pronto.
lol, hahaha.
To: GILTN1stborn
I know this guy, worked with him, voted for him, and if this is true, the next time I see him at Meijer doing some shopping I’m going to have words to him.
Meanwhile, he’s going to hear from me by letter.
We get a nice Christmas card from him every year with a picture of the Capitol in Lansing too.
What a sell-out jerk butt wipe.
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posted on
02/09/2012 3:58:44 AM PST
by
Mrs. P
(Figures can lie, and liars can figure.)
To: editor-surveyor
Randy Richardville is another union owned republican as was Jason Allen.
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posted on
02/09/2012 4:12:08 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Mrs. P
Let's not forget.
GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!
On Aug. 5, 2009, Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, introduced Senate Bill 731, which would give statutory cover to a scheme transferring approximately $6.6 million in taxpayer money annually to the SEIU government employee union, one of the parents of ACORN. This is accomplished by creating a shell government "employer" for some 42,000 individuals who are actually hired by elderly or disabled Medicaid recipients to provide personal care services in their homes. A Mackinac Center lawsuit is pending regarding a similar arrangement imposed on home day care providers.
Wendy Day of Common Sense in Government has reported on Facebook that Allen was the recipient of a $2,000 campaign contribution from the SEIU on June 22, six weeks before SB 731 was introduced. In another post she hints that introducing and passing the bill was part of a quid-pro-quo between Senate Republicans and the SEIU for union support of former state representative Mike Nofs in a November 2009 special election, which state Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser had characterized as among the party's top priorities. Day observes that the SEIU endorsed Nofs on August 22nd, two weeks after SB 731 was introduced, and sent four full-time workers to help on his campaign.
The predecessor organization of Common Sense in Government had organized volunteers for a door-to-door "lit drop" focused on Nofs in July, when he faced a challenger in the Republican primary election. They distributed flyers describing his voting record on fiscal issues, in particular his votes against measures opposed by the MEA teachers union.
Senate Bill 731 was co-sponsored by these Republican Senators:
Roger Kahn, Bruce Patterson, Valde Garcia, Tony Stamas, Judson Gilbert, Mark Jansen, Randy Richardville, and Patricia Birkholz.
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posted on
02/09/2012 4:31:09 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
Now I have to send my friend Roger ANOTHER email with this article in it too.
I voted for this guy every time.
I guess term limits have their disadvantages too.
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posted on
02/09/2012 5:40:48 AM PST
by
Mrs. P
(Figures can lie, and liars can figure.)
To: Mrs. P
I always wonder if there is more than money behind it all. Does it take such a small amount of money to be bought? Or are there more devious reasons behind them selling out to these bastards?
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posted on
02/09/2012 10:23:15 PM PST
by
GILTN1stborn
(Can you hear me now?)
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