Ohio Democrats, Unable to Flee, Consider Ways to Kill Union Bill

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Ohio Representative Armond Budish said if bolting the state would stall a bill restricting collective-bargaining rights for public employees, he’d do it “in a heartbeat.”

It wouldn’t work as it did for Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin and Indiana. Too few to block Republicans from having a quorum, Ohio Democrats are asking for more public involvement and hearings on the bill in an effort to sway opinion and will seek a ballot issue to repeal it if necessary, Budish said.