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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>Economy</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/9.aspx</link><description>Regulation, Labor, Professions, Energy, Communications, Business Subsidies</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>2013 House Bill 4569 (Allow yard waste in landfills with methane capture )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328350.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:11:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328350</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328350.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328350</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 16, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4569'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 Senate Bill 322 (Mandate more wind turbine and other “renewable” electricity )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328348.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:24:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328348</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328348.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328348</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on April 17, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-322'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 Senate Bill 322 (Mandate more wind turbine and other “renewable” electricity )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328347.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:23:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328347</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328347.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328347</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on April 17, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-322'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 Senate Bill 315 (Revise marketing “assessments” imposed on potato growers )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328346.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:02:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328346</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328346.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328346</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on April 16, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-315'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 Senate Bill 299 (Mandate “comparable worth” pay )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328345.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:57:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328345</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328345.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328345</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-299'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4152 (Impose licensure on “naturopathic physicians” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328334.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:57:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328334</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328334.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328334</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on January 31, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4152'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4152 (Impose licensure on “naturopathic physicians” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328333.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:57:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328333</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328333.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328333</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on January 31, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4152'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4543 (Subject MCCA to OMA )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328326.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:00:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328326</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328326.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328326</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 11, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4543'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4543 (Subject MCCA to OMA )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328325.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:00:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328325</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328325.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328325</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 11, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4543'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4528 (Revise “immigration clerical assistant” registration )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328324.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:54:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328324</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328324.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328324</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 10, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4528'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4507 (Revise campaign finance law )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328320.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:07:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328320</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328320.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328320</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 9, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4507'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 Senate Bill 296 (Mandate “comparable worth” pay )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328317.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:01:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328317</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328317.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328317</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-296'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4511 (Ban using credit scores in insurance pricing )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328314.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:29:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:328314</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/328314.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=328314</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 9, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4511'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4455 (Restrict and regulate unmanned aerial drone vehicles )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/327439.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:40:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:327439</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/327439.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=327439</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on March 14, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4455'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4455 (Restrict and regulate unmanned aerial drone vehicles )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/327438.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:39:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:327438</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/327438.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=327438</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on March 14, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4455'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 Senate Bill 136 (Recognize health care payer and provider exercise of conscience )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/322429.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:23:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:322429</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/322429.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=322429</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 31, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-136'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 House Bill 4726 (Allow firefighter pay while collecting unemployment )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/281287.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:281287</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/281287.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=281287</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on June 9, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4726'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 7 (Mandate 20 percent government employee health benefit contribution )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280085.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280085</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>47</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280085.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=280085</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2007 Senate Bill 418 (Require MESSA to disclose claims history data )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/232117.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:232117</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>39</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/232117.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=232117</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on April 19, 2007, to allow schools and local governments to form health insurance purchasing pools, and prescribe standards and regulations for these. The bill would require the MEA teacher union's insurance affiliate MESSA to release individual school district claims history data. This information is said to be necessary to allow other insurance providers to bid on a district's health insurance purchases&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 19 in favor, 19 opposed and 0 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Senate Roll Call 293 at Senate Journal 81)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-418'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 806 (Revise unemployment insurance social welfare program )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/283181.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:31:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:283181</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/283181.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=283181</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on November 9, 2011, to revise various elements of the state unemployment insurance social welfare system. This is part of the package authorizing state borrowing to pay off some $3.2 billion in unemployment system debt, owed because benefit payments exceeded payroll tax revenues (see Senate Bills 483 and 484). The bill would revise the formulas for assessing these payroll taxes on employers; require beneficiaries to accept alternative work at lower pay than currently required; increase required job-search disclosures and reporting by beneficiaries; clarify factors making an employee ineligible for unemployment benefits (like stealing or absenteeism); and more. It would also make employees in a “work sharing” program eligible for unemployment benefits&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 23 in favor, 11 opposed and 4 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Senate Roll Call 733 at Senate Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-806'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4331 (Ban employment decisions based on credit history )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/326000.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:03:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:326000</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/326000.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=326000</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on February 27, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4331'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4331 (Ban employment decisions based on credit history )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325999.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:03:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:325999</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325999.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=325999</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on February 27, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4331'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 Senate Bill 1263 (Revise state “civilian conservation corps” program)</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325324.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:30:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:325324</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325324.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=325324</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on September 12, 2012, to authorize conversion of the state “Civilian Conservation Corps” into a nonprofit run by a private entity, and require at least 85 percent of the earnings from a state CCC endowment fund be appropriated annually for the operation of the program (vs. “a sum sufficient to implement” the law). The bill is part of a CCC package comprised of Senate Bills 1261 to 1265&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 36 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Senate Roll Call 703 at Senate Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-SB-1263'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 729 (Establish “right to work” for MEA union school employees)</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282279.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:282279</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>10</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282279.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=282279</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on October 6, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-729'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 756 (Ban hands-on cell phone for new drivers )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282319.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:282319</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282319.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=9&amp;PostID=282319</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on October 13, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-756'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>