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Raise the curtain.

Ding Dong the DRIC is dead..

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Dec 03, 2010 at 06:08:24 PM EST
Tags: HB 4961, DRIC, $5000000000, Michigan (all tags)

D.R.I.C. passes quietly (or not) into the night..

There were 5 Billion reasons to allow it to do so.

In last night's final moments, a motion to discharge legislation that would have allowed for the construction of the Detroit River International Crossing failed to pass in the Senate. The motion, made by Senator Ray Basham (D-Wayne County), to discharge HB 4961 failed with a 11-23 final vote, and the entire Republican Caucus voting against it. The Republican Caucus had the help of Senator Dennis Olshove (D-Macomb County) in defeating the motion while Senators Buzz Thomas (D-Wayne County) and Jim Barcia (D-Bay County) abstained.

Well done gentlemen. The days of big labor plotting our futures are limited.

The totals below. (From Michigan votes)

IN FAVOR

SENATE DEMOCRATS
Anderson (D)    Basham (D)    Brater (D)    Clark-Coleman (D)    Gleason (D)
Hunter (D)    Jacobs (D)    Prusi (D)    Scott (D)    Switalski (D)
Whitmer (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS
none

AGAINST

SENATE DEMOCRATS
Olshove (D)

SENATE REPUBLICANS
Allen (R)    Birkholz (R)    Bishop (R)    Brown (R)    Cassis (R)
Cropsey (R)    Garcia (R)    George (R)    Gilbert (R)    Hardiman (R)
Jansen (R)    Jelinek (R)    Kahn (R)    Kuipers (R)    McManus (R)
Nofs (R)    Pappageorge (R)    Patterson (R)    Richardville (R)    Sanborn (R)
Stamas (R)    Van Woerkom (R)

SENATE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE
Barcia (D)    Clarke (D)    Thomas (D)