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Unions are winning more elections than ever using the quickie, also known as "ambush," election rules to cut into an employer's ability to campaign against the union. When there is only about two weeks between the union's filing of a National Labor Relations Board election petition—which may be the first notice the employer has of the union campaign—and the vote, unions win a lopsided 82 percent of the time. When employers have more than two weeks' notice, the union win rate drops to 67 percent, according to a Bloomberg BNA report. But the days of the union‐friendly, Obama‐era quickie election rules may be numbered, as Republicans have introduced legislation in Congress that would, among other things, set a minimum of 35 days from petition to election.

This report discusses significant legislative provisions regarding environmental issues in bills, passed by both the House and Senate during the 108th Congress, that the 108th Congress, that would have reauthorized surface transportation programs for FY2004-FY2009.

In this final draft, Catherine May proposed to extend the Sugar Act for four-years. It also amended the act so as to increase domestic beet sugar and mainland cane sugar quotas for new growers, and allow the President power to reduce foreign quotas if the international situation deemed it necessary. (See "A marked copy of House Resolution 10104, First Draft of House Resolution 10576, legislation proposed by Catherine May to amend and extend Sugar Act, 1960" for original draft)

This study addresses the following two questions: (1) How does the Virginia General Assembly process bills which are proposed by local governments in Virginia? and (2) Are there identifiable factors in this legislative process which could be impacted by local governments to influence legislative outcomes? These questions are addressed by focusing on ten case studies of environmental issues contained in legislative proposals of six cities in Hampton Roads Virginia for the 1987, 1988, and 1989 sessions of the General Assembly. The case data were compiled from records of the General Assembly, media accounts, and interviews with 19 legislators and other legislative actors and observers. The cases represent both issues which gained the desired legislation and those which did not. Through the case study results and interview data specific factors are identified which affect the outcome of legislative initiatives. Most prominent among these are: Committee support; Perceived saliency; Support of the governor; and the regulatory and precedent setting content of the bill. These factors are analyzed to provide conclusions as to what steps local government policy makers can take to improve legislative outcomes.

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