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As early as today, lawmakers could hold the first debate of the 2013 session on union-related legislation.So-called Right to Work and Paycheck Protection bills have had hearings in committee already this year, but none has made it to the House or Senate floor. That may change this week in the Senate.Senate Bill 29, sponsored by Sen. Dan Brown, R-Rolla, implements a form of paycheck protection, a term commonly used by proponents of legislation that prohibits unions from using member dues for political purposes without permission.The bill currently is on the Senates informal calendar. Bills on the informal calendar can be brought up for debate at any time.I expect there will be extended debate on Senate Bill 29, said Sen. Bob Dixon,Chanel handbags, R-Springfield.Although Democrats oppose paycheck protection (some liberal groups refer to the legislation as paycheck deception),Game Date and Time, Dixon said he does not mean that there will be a filibuster, but rather that enough time will be taken to resolve any issues that may exist with the bill.Dixon said the philosophical question at the core of the paycheck protection debate is whether,000 and Stanczyk on 000 and Stanczyk on $311, when unions use member dues to make political contributions,burberry Bags, the burden should be on the employee to withdraw consent or on the employer to obtain it,soccer cleats.Dixon said he has voted for paycheck protection every chance hes had, both in the Senate and the House,monster beats, but the debate is valuable.We shouldnt be afraid or shy away from these kinds of questions, Dixon said,Chanel Outlet.Brown filed an identical bill in 2012. That bill made it onto the Senates informal calendar by Jan. 31, 2012,Beats by dre, but it was not touched again for the rest of the session.A similar bill passed both the Senate and House in 2011,for instance, but the two chambers were unable to reconcile their differences and pass identical legislation. An earlier Senate bill in 2010 never made it onto the floor,truereligionjeansoutletstore.webs.com.Browns bill applies only to public employee unions. Thats more restrictive than a paycheck protection bill introduced in the House by Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Springfield. Burlisons bill, , applies to all union employees, both public and private.Burlison said his bill includes private-sector employees because public-sector employees can already opt out of joining unions.The people that really do not have a voice are people that are in private unions. Those are the people who really have very little voice, and so thats why my bill focuses on people in the private sector unions,hermes pas cher, Burlison said.
