Labor Keeps Up Pressure On Lincoln

May 31, 2009
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Though she announced in April that she'd vote against union-backed card check legislation ("in its current form"), Sen. Blanche Lincoln still finds herself on the receiving end of pressure from labor groups, who'd like to see her flip on the issue. (They're not the only ones put out: Arkansas Greens are weighing a challenge to Lincoln, as well.) Last week, union sympathizers conducted a 24-hour vigil for card check at Lincoln's Little Rock office. (Video of the demonstration/vigil is available … [Read more...]

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Stuff From Around Arkansas, April 7

April 7, 2009

Dead Pool: Was Sen. Blanche Lincoln's 'no can do' announcement on card check a death blow to the union's beloved bill? Sure, why not, we hardly knew ye, etc. (Politico) Cut to the Chase: Senate committee to House: "Bah to your tax cuts!" (Arkansas News Bureau) Serviceable: Former President George H.W. Bush, speaking at UA, encourages young people to take up call to service and Jesus Christ just once could an aging politico say something that isn't totally banal and conventional in these … [Read more...]

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Stuff From Around Arkansas, April 6

April 6, 2009

No on Card Check: Sen. Blanche Lincoln's extended dithering on union-backed card check legislation comes to an end—she says she'll not vote for it "in its current form." Wait! What was that last prepositional phrase? Wiggle room! (Arkansas Business) Tweet Relief: Springdale's Twittering Juror tweets free—no retrial. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) Defining Deviancy Up: Now it's illegal to smoke on state college campuses in Arkansas—even outdoors. (Arkansas Traveler) Defining Deviancy … [Read more...]

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Stuff From Around Arkansas, April 2

April 2, 2009
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Vive La Résistance: These Northwest Arkansas business leaders are valiantly fighting union-backed card check legislation, their only weapons a single tri-fold educational brochure and an Orwellian projection of Arkansas Chamber of Commerce chief Randy Zook. (Benton County Daily Record) Heartwarming: Ha ha, everybody hates ARGOCOGLOWARM and their stupid climate change bills. (AP) Rights Ruckus: House panel OKs states' rights resolution, which will apparently be the signal achievement of the … [Read more...]

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Stuff From Around Arkansas, March 11

March 11, 2009

Yet Another?: Will Rogers Mayor Steve Womack challenge Sen. Blanche Lincoln in the 2010 Senate race, or is Jason Tolbert just picking names out of a hat? (The Tolbert Report) Unintended Consequences: Call volume to state-sponsored "stop smoking" line has more than doubled since Gov. Mike Beebe's giant cigarette tax hike went through, so now that program needs another million. (AP) Fiddle-dee-dee: In case you can't get enough of Sen. Lincoln and her Hamlet act on labor-backed card check … [Read more...]

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Lincoln on Card Check: Who Knows?

March 4, 2009

OK, I swear to you that I really don't want to keep writing about this card check issue, but here comes another intriguing scrap of news: Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent reports that an AFL-CIO honcho indicated today in a conference call with reporters that he has the support of Democratic Senators Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor and Mary Landrieu (La.) for union-backed card check legislation. Sargent's blog includes evasive responses from Pryor and Landrieu, but, as of this writing, no … [Read more...]

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Sanders: Lincoln Leaning ‘No’ On Card Check? (Updated!)

March 4, 2009

God love David Sanders for obsessing over the question of where Arkansas senators and congressmen are on the union-backed card check legislation, so that I don't have to. In today's column, Sanders goes with a blind item suggesting that Sen. Blanche Lincoln, whose position on the issue has been, to date, rather opaque, is leaning toward 'no': The senator’s campaign staff has been busy making phone calls trying to round up support for her second re-election campaign in anticipation her March 14 … [Read more...]

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Stuff from Around Arkansas, February 18 (Updated!)

February 18, 2009

Inspect This: Do you miss the pain and inconvenience of annual vehicle inspections? Great news, then! Rep. Stephanie Flowers has introduced a bill to bring 'em back! This hasn't gotten much coverage, probably because no one thinks it's going anywhere this session, but keep an eye on it — it'll be back. (CapSearch Insiders' blog) Upstart: Freshman Rep. John Burris suggests full House discussion of lottery and is promptly smacked down by Speaker Robert "Robbie" Wills because all such … [Read more...]

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