Transit Authority Bill Stalls After House Dems Withhold Votes Over Right-To-Work

Transit Authority Bill Stalled Because...
Queues of vehicles jam Athens' ring road as public bus workers in the capital joined taxi drivers, metro, tram and train workers in the 48-hour strike, paralysing traffic, on November 6, 2012. Greek workers began a two-day mass walkout on November 6, public transport in Athens to a halt, in anger at a new government austerity bill introduced to secure international aid needed to prevent the debt-crippled nation from defaulting. AFP PHOTO / PANAYIOTIS TZAMAROS (Photo credit should read PANAYIOTIS TZAMAROS/AFP/Getty Images)
Queues of vehicles jam Athens' ring road as public bus workers in the capital joined taxi drivers, metro, tram and train workers in the 48-hour strike, paralysing traffic, on November 6, 2012. Greek workers began a two-day mass walkout on November 6, public transport in Athens to a halt, in anger at a new government austerity bill introduced to secure international aid needed to prevent the debt-crippled nation from defaulting. AFP PHOTO / PANAYIOTIS TZAMAROS (Photo credit should read PANAYIOTIS TZAMAROS/AFP/Getty Images)

House Democrats this afternoon refused to support a bill they largely support — one that would create a regional transit authority — and not enough Republicans were willing to vote for it, forcing the GOP to pull the bill from consideration before it was voted down.

Earlier this afternoon, the Democrats on the House Transportation Committee abstained from voting on passage of the measure, Senate Bill 909, as their first salvo to keep their promise of not supporting key legislation as a protest to a potential introduction of a right-to-work bill.

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