{"id":137008,"date":"2024-12-14T17:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T10:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137008"},"modified":"2024-12-14T17:13:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T10:13:56","slug":"tense-standoff-in-lansing-as-house-republicans-walk-out-over-wage-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137008","title":{"rendered":"Tense standoff in Lansing as House Republicans walk out over wage debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">There were tense moments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/topic\/LANSING\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/topic\/LANSING\/\"><b>Lansing<\/b><\/a> after House Representatives walked out without voting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">State lawmakers are wrapping up work for the year. They had a Friday (Dec. 13) session that ended with House Republicans walking out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">House Republicans said, \u201cWe are done here,\u201d and walked out of the session, not voting on some key bills up for debate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">Democrats are looking at eliminating the tipped wages and want to raise those wages to the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">House Republicans disagree with that move, saying small businesses and restaurants that survived COVID won\u2019t be able to afford such an increase, and we have heard from restaurant workers who do not want to lose their tips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">All Republicans are walking out, accusing Democrats of refusing to negotiate the issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">The three things are Democrat inaction in the House and House minority leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Township). <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">\u201cThe three things are, we\u2019re here to fix the roads, we\u2019re here to protect restaurant workers and our restaurant industry that\u2019s been ravaged by the (Gretchen) Whitmer administration and Democrats during the pandemic in activist courts and our restaurant workers about to lose their jobs because of Democrat inaction in the House,\u201d said Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">House Democrats say they are ready to move forward with votes and say Republicans need to come back to work to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">That wage issue is still up in the air, with so many watching it closely as a lot of cash for workers is at stake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">There are three days left to vote on these issues and get something done, as House Democrats say they want to move forward with these issues and vote on them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp dbINaO article-text\">Democrats say Republicans need to return to work as the wage issue is still in the air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2024 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2024\/12\/13\/we-are-done-here-tense-standoff-in-lansing-as-house-republicans-walk-out-over-wage-debate\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were tense moments in Lansing after House Representatives walked out without voting. 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