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The state’s largest teachers union is pushing legislation that would, in effect, allow unions to spend fees paid by nonmembers on political campaigns without first getting permission.

The bills, drafted by the Washington Education Association (WEA) and other labor groups, were introduced Wednesday in the House and Senate by a handful of Democratic lawmakers.

Union leaders say they are merely trying to clarify a confusing statute.

But critics said the union is attempting an end-run on the U.S. Supreme Court, which is currently reviewing the constitutionality of a Washington law that required unions to get permission before spending nonmember fees on political causes.

The WEA has 80,000 members statewide and represents more than 3,000 teachers who chose to not join the union. State law allows the union to impose “agency fees”—in lieu of dues—on nonmember teachers.

Federal courts have ruled in the past that nonmembers who object to having a portion of their fee used for political purposes can request rebates from the union.

But under a Washington law approved overwhelmingly by voters in 1992—Initiative 134—unions were required to get permission from nonmembers before spending any portion of their fees on politics.

The union estimates it spends about a quarter of its dues and fees each year on expenses not related to collective bargaining, including political activities. Since the fees paid by nonmembers make up a much smaller percentage than that, the WEA has argued all along that it doesn’t spend nonmember fees on politics.

Whoo boy could we have some fun with THAT argument.

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Colonel Jerry USMC (ret.) said:

Healthcare `nee Obamacare will be the **Little Big Horn** for the RAT Party. They have boxed themselves into 2 options: 1) attempt to get this bill into a law by scheming unconstitutional procedures or, 2) fail to get this bill made a law.  In either option the RATz will lose their majorities in the House and greatly reduce their numbers in the Senate. Why? Because option (1) will reap the wrath of all the conservatives(and some libtards) in the midterms this November.  Option (2) will destroy the “Cred” of the RAT Party`s ability to govern this country; they will have put us into HUGE debt for “zero” return.  The result: RATz can kiss their sorry asses goodbye from Congress & the White House for, probably, a decade!

The RAT label will be attached to the deficit for a generation of electoral campaigns and they won`t be able to wiggle out of the charge because they **owned** both Houses when they voted for this huge and unproductive expenditure of tax dollars that were not even there when they voted for all the debt increases!

Restoring the RAT Party back to credibility will be very problematic in my humble opinion (...but there will always be sheeples showing up in voting booths...)

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Hog Whitman - Escaped Mental Patient said:

Is your wife a nagger?

Nope, but our new son is, and that’s why I wants me a di-vorce.

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DoubleU said:

Not going to let the government have any more control?

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John A said:

Oh goodie, another “free” service from a government-regulated (owned?) operation.

In line with one of the comments at the site, next week sanitation workers will be on-call 24/7 to flush our toilets for us. Possibly after being cross-trained by the health department to distinguish between the colors and consistincies of pre-flush content and how to notify said department of possible health problems.

in 'todaze Lympians'.
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mojo said:

Neotony?
Nepotism?
Nexus?
Niagara?
Nincompoop?
Noachian?
Nihility?

Help me out here…

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JonB said:

DougM: That is the way Tyrants work, but the sleeping masses are more interested in TV shows.

Ironic that one of the most popular is called “Lost”

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JonB said:

I would deem that each year, one highschool class, from each state, be sent to Europe to visit Auschwitz, Dachau, and Normandy along with pre-qualified WWII historians who would be monitored when teaching.

in 'today's audience participation'.
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John A said:

And you thought dealing with your insurance company was bad already.

Remember also, the IRS is just the tip of an immense iceberg. Over one hundred new agencies and commissions, remember? And that’s just Federal level, many will have to be dealt with by new State and local bureaucracies.

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bocopro said:

“Why?” you ask??? 

‘Cause it be cool, that why.  ‘Cause he da won, dat Y.

Politicalnikov correctification . . . our sa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-vior. 

To name it otherwise would be to diminish His Blackness to mere halfricaniosity and bring caution and suspicion into the discussion of his value to the nation.

Thasss Y.

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PeggyU said:

The important thing is this, though:

What are the dimensions of the box ArmaLite ships its AR10’s in?  Does anybody know?

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bocopro said:

I deem it essential that we nominate Submariner and Stilton for Pres & Veep

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TexMex said:

Sure, Rep. Dingle will get the credit and big ol’ parade if this bill passes...*snort*.....this bill is all about Obama’s legacy and if he wants the glory he’s gotta take the gore. Which I hope will be delivered this Nov.

Not gonna say “Dingellcare.”

That’s probably the other reason, too!

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Submariner said:

I would deem a requirement for front-line combat service prior to being elected to national-level public office,

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Hog Whitman - Escaped Mental Patient said:

Photobucket

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Stilton said:

DeemocratsSM.jpg

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Buzz D said:

Man, I always wanted to know how to “install” a light bulb.
Aw, screw it.

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geezerette said:

that’s a cute deemer in the picture.
I would wave my magic wand and wake up to the real world b/4 the tornado sent me to Obama land.
There’s no place like home-- is this that nite mare again?  When will I wake up?

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JonB said:

Sondra: What are the defining limitations of the ability to deem stuff?

‘cause I’d just deem myself supreme ruler and then things would get *really* uncomfortable for progressives from that point forward.

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JonB said:

That’s 12,500 new jobs at $83,000 per year.

Would be interesting to see if these new employees actually get paid that, or of a good chunk of this $1billion slips off into the aether.

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DougM (commissarophobe) said:

Not gonna say “Dingellcare.”

My “N” word is “NO!”

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