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| Specter eyes compromise on Employee Free Choice Act |
| 2009-08-19 |
| A spokesperson for Sen. Arlen Specter confirmed that he is going to join with other Democrats in voting for cloture on the Employee Free Choice Act. When asked what Specter's final position would be on the bill, the spokesperson said he was continuing to pursue a compromise that involves the highly contentious Card Check and binding arbitration provisions and referred The Examiner to his March floor speech. While addressing the Netroots Nation conference held in Pittsburgh, Pa. this past weekend, Specter announced that he would vote for cloture on the bill, which would cut off debate. "I expect the cloture vote to occur on a modified version of the Employee's Free Choice legislation," Specter said on Friday. "And I will support that cloture vote." Just a few weeks prior to switching parties from Republican to Democrat on April 28, Specter spelled out his reasons for opposing The Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate floor speech and said he could not support cloture. "I am announcing my decision now because I have consulted with a very large number of interested parties on both sides and I have made up my mind," he said. "Knowing that I will not support cloture on this bill, Senators may choose to move on and amend the NRLA as I have suggested or otherwise. This announcement should end the rumor mill that I have made some deal for my political advantage. I have not traded my vote in the past and I would not do so now." Specter expressed misgivings over both the Card Check and binding arbitration components of the bill in his speech and said they should not be enacted in a recessionary climate that has already impacted business. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Freedom means Slavery. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-08-19 09:51 |
| #1 It's so orwellian. "Free Choice" means no choice. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-08-19 09:26 |