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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Government </title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/16.aspx</link><description>Government Employees, Election Law, Constitution, Transparency, Branches</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 730 (Sell state land in Iosco County to an individual )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276701.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276701</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276701.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276701</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on August 5, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-730'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 851 (Temporarily eliminate one Oakland County circuit judgeship )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276607.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276607</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276607.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276607</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on September 21, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 28 in favor, 5 opposed and 4 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Senate Roll Call 570 at Senate Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-851'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 4790 (Authorize wrongful imprisonment compensation )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274444.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274444</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274444.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=274444</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 2, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-4790'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 5519 (Change state fiscal year )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276527.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276527</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276527.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276527</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on October 12, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-5519'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 888 (Eliminate February and May election days )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276506.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276506</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276506.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276506</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on October 8, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-888'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 4726 (Ban drivers license renewal if three unpaid parking tickets )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276476.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276476</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276476.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276476</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on March 31, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 68 in favor, 37 opposed and 5 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 501 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-4726'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 719 (Allow electronic seals on official electronic documents )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276461.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276461</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276461.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276461</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on August 5, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-719'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 776 (Use juror compensation fund money for other state spending )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276427.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276427</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276427.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276427</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on August 27, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-776'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 830 (Allow unions to take PAC money from worker paychecks without annual permission )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276204.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276204</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276204.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276204</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on September 17, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-830'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Joint Resolution K (Affirm right to independent (non-government) health care )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276276.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276276</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276276.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276276</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on August 27, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SJR-0'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 5371 (Exempt prosecuting attorneys from certain court fees )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276187.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276187</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276187.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276187</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 15, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-5371'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Joint Resolution CC (Affirm right to independent (non-government) health care )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276087.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:276087</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/276087.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=276087</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 9, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HJR-0'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Joint Resolution BB (Raise income tax to provide free college )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275996.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275996</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275996.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275996</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 2, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HJR-0'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Joint Resolution Z (Affirm right to independent (non-government) health care )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275921.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275921</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275921.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275921</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on August 19, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HJR-0'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Joint Resolution W (Establish part time legislature and cap salaries )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275934.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275934</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275934.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275934</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on June 16, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HJR-0'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 4985 (Require disclosures in certain electronic political communications )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275401.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275401</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275401.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275401</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on May 21, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 100 in favor, 8 opposed and 2 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 295 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-4985'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2005 House Bill 4505 (Repeal motorcycle helmet mandate )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/216841.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:216841</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1742</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/216841.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=216841</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Introduced in the House on March 16, 2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2005-HB-4505"&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 503 (Transfer Department of History, Arts, and Libraries programs )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275908.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275908</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275908.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275908</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on April 30, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 21 in favor, 14 opposed and 2 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Senate Roll Call 417 at Senate Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-503'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 751 (Require school elections be in even-year August or November )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275873.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275873</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275873.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275873</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on August 19, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-751'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 755 (Require school elections be in even-year August or November )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275870.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275870</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275870.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275870</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on August 19, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-755'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2007 Senate Bill 638 (Repeal driver responsibility fees )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/232919.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:232919</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>143</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/232919.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=232919</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on July 17, 2007&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-638'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 5203 (Allow faxed or scanned absentee voting by service members )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275791.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275791</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275791.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275791</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on July 15, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-5203'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 691 (Prohibit vote or voter registration buying or selling )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275777.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275777</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275777.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275777</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on July 15, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-691'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 4995 (Require U.P. on Michigan depictions )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275768.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:275768</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275768.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=275768</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on May 26, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-4995'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 Senate Bill 249 (Appropriations: 2009-2010 Judiciary budget )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/275354.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid 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