this idea. the michigan governor, rick snyder, says he is open to talking about this idea. last night we reported on related news out of the state of virginia, the virginia state senate. virginia republicans waited until this one particular democratic senator, a noted civil rights lawyer named henry marsh, they waited until senator marsh left town on monday for the day to go to the inauguration of president obama. virginia republicans had to wait until he was gone because the state senate is equally divided in virginia, 20 republicans and 20 democrats. but with henry marsh gone for the day, it s no longer an even divide, right? it s 20-19. with that advantage, republicans decided to spring on the senate and spring on the entire state a whole new set of redmaps. a whole new set of gerrymandered maps for the state, drafted to put republicans in charge in virginia effectively permanently. because they did it when henry marsh was away, republicans succeeded in this plan by one vote in thei
virginia effectively permanently. because they did it when henry marsh was away, republicans succeeded in this plan by one vote in their stealth attack to change the maps. that one vote was the missing vote of the senator who had gone to the inauguration. that s how they started the week. now virginia republicans are moving on to the next part of it. they re moving on to the electoral college scheme part of it, using the same maps they have gerrymandered for a permanent republican advantage at the state level to also dispute virginia s electoral college votes when it comes to voting for president. today a virginia subcommittee sent a bill to that effect to the full committee, and in that full committee, a 10-5 republican majority appears poised to send the bill to the full senate, which, again, is evenly divided. and where if it is a 20-20 tie, because they vote on a day that everybody is there, then this is the guy who will get to decide the tie, republican lieutenant governor bill bo
principally focused at the federal level but over the past couple years, as we have identified a major opportunity and path to victory at the state level, because there are not a lot of quote unquote, gun control groups at the state level, the return on investment, just a little bit of attention on state legislatures can be pretty high. for example, in michigan, which is basically a republican government top to bottom, which is neither here nor there but also pretty pro-nra government from top to bottom, they actually have a pretty good background check system that extends federal law to require that you get a background check if you re going to buy a hand gun over the internet or from an unlicensed purchaser. the nra went in with a stealth attack as they so often do and almost got rid of that system. so our mayors, police chiefs, domestic violence advocates and a bunch of grassroots supporters, kind of went in there and in a period of three weeks basically turned it around and handed
president obama stands up for workers in michigan as governor snyder launches a stealth attack to strip union rights. congressman gary peters and cindy estrada of the uaw on what his move means to michigan workers, that is coming up. and later, your next vacation could be out of this world. find out how soon you re going to be able to blast off to the moon, and just how much it s going to cost you. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using the #edshow. coming right back. have a good night. here you go. you, too. i m going to dream about that steak. i m going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it s practically yours. but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it s never been easier to get a passat. that s the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month s payment on any new volkswagen. vi
it prohibits paying union dues as a condition of employment, but won t apply to existing union contracts. the bill is expected to pass next week. this is a complete political stealth attack by governor snyder. he never campaigned on a right to work law and the bill passed with little or no debate. that s what is infuriating people. republicans used a dirty trick to avoid a recall vote on the law. they included spending in the bill because laws with spending can t be overturn bade citizen vote such as a referral. so this sneak attack on labor has people in michigan absolutely outraged. took a lot of calls on it on the radio show. protesters stormed the capital on thursday. police used pepper spray on protesters and eight arrests were made. meanwhile, governor snyder claims his right-to-work law isn t bad for unions. i do not view this as something against the unions. i support the unions in many regards. i support their right to organize.