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Utah's new union-busting law demonstrates the raw power of the Legislature's Republican supermajorities.
On Capitol Hill, a bill is very much like the proverbial shark—it moves forward or it dies.
On Capitol Hill, a bill is very much like the proverbial shark—it moves forward or it dies. And for one week in early February, it looked like Utah's unions might have killed a bad bill. HB267 , which bans collective bargaining in the public sector (teachers, police, firefighters, etc.)
, passed the House in a relatively tight 42-32 vote. When it reached the Senate for the first of two required debates, several lawmakers voiced reservations and the bill's sponsor indicated compromise language was being drafted ahead of final passage, expected the next day .
As that final vote went from…
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