Popular issues stall behind Dem boycott

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Anti-smoking advocates are on the verge of success in the Indiana General Assembly but must wait out House Democrats’ boycott of a divisive labor bill.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the Senate and House is pushing to ban smoking in most public places and workplaces, including bars. The only exemptions it includes are the gambling floors of casinos and pari-mutuel betting parlors, private clubs and cigar and hookah bars.

The bipartisan group enjoyed an added push before the 2012 session when Gov. Mitch Daniels added it to his legislative agenda and House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said it should be written into law before the Feb. 5 Super Bowl in Indianapolis.

But House Democrats will have to return to work before that and many other popular measures can make it into law. Democrats continued their boycott Friday over a contentious labor bill being pushed by Republicans.

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  • msjallen

    The government thinks that more laws will make people better. Nothing can change one's behavior unless that person wants to change. It is the same with forcing people to like other people; called diversification. It won't work.

  • tuckmeister

    Unions are bad for America…. only…… because CORRUPTION IS BAD FOR AMERICA..

  • TRAINGJANE

    I THINK WE NEED TO THROUGH OUT ALL THE LAWS OTHER THAN WHAT THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUION HAD TO BEGIN WITH. THEN HANG SUPREME COURT JUSTICES TRYING TO MAKE LAW RATHER THAN INTERPPITTING THE LAWS IN THE CONSTITUTION. THERE THAT ABOUT SAYS ALL WE NEED. EXCEPT HANGING ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS WWHO TAKE PRIBES OR ARE CORRUPT!
    P IN Ga.

    • Davey Crockett

      It's not even the courts' job interpret laws, they are all wrote in English.

  • U.S.Patriot 01

    I am from Indiana and I would love to see the dems fined the &1000.00 per day and removed from office for breach of contract with their constituents. They were put in office to serve NOT to hide under some rock and hold up all legislation in the state house.They are lucky Gov. Daniels has more respect for the laws of our state constitution than their president in Washington has for the Constitution of the United States.I would love to see Mitch suspend the rules of law as O did and pass the right to work bill without the dems input or votes as O did his appointments that should have had Congressional approval but didn't.

  • Michael

    Why should the politicians who walked off the job be allowed back? I know if anyone in a 'normal' job pulled that stunt, they'd be unemployed. I hope the good people of Indiana push for a recall for all the elected officials who walked off their job. They weren't hired to walk off whenever they disagreed with something. Watch the media play it up if a Republican pulled that stunt.

  • Richard Vandervort

    Hey, Remember your nursery rhymes as a child and in most cases it started off with once upon a time?
    Today the working of our government are much the same as our fondest fables of the past.
    Once upon a time way back in the beginning government knew that they were placed in office by the people who they worked for and they cherished their job's.
    Now that we've grown up and out grown our childish memories of tails once told so has government, Today they believe that they no longer work for the people but indeed that we the people work for them.
    In the real world of today our governmental leaders have become masters of trickery with their words into putting you into a childhood utopia of believing their still working for the betterment of us the people.
    For those that have contacted their elected official's through mail or e-mail you'll know all to well what I'm talking about because most times no matter what concerns you may have you'll get form letter reply's as to what a wonderful job their doing for you.

    • Richard Vandervort

      We now have leaders that will start wars to repay debt's owed to big business arm's dealers and equipment makers of war machinery and while they get rich we and our love ones pay the price.
      I hope I've got my point across and now your willing to stand up to the real world and put an end to all the political song and dance and verbal BS we get today from our blood sucking leaches we have in office today.
      Let's take the time to know the full background of our politicians and what they stand for before we put them in office. We can control government instead of government controlling us but that takes unity so are you ready to restoring the Constitution, Government. Freedom and the American way of life today.
      Use knowledge behind your voting habits and we can remove the corruption of tomorrow today.

  • Pete0097

    TYhey are afraid that if they vote against the unions and FOR their constituants, the unions will go wild and demand a recall, which will waste more money and distract them from doing their jobs which they are not doing now.

  • dulceb

    I love all these comments. Please, promise me we will all stick together and vote out all of our illustrious leaders.
    If it says "incumbent," vote for the other candidate.
    We are still, " The People."

  • Bill

    I am a lifelong Republican Conservative and Business owner here in Illinois, Our 4 year old Comprehensive Smokefree Indoor Air Law is working very well and Polls show that over 81% of Illinois residents, including a majority of smokers, now support the Smoking Ban. Support cuts across all Political Lines. Way to go Indiana!

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