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SECRET BALLOTS |
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A constitutional
amendment to guarantee the use of
secret ballots in Utah elections,
including in union organizing
elections, has passed the Utah State
Senate, ensuring a place on the
November 2010 ballot. House Joint
Resolution 8 was introduced in the
State House by Rep. Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman),
where the measure also passed with a
2/3rd vote earlier in the week.
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HEALTHCARE |
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The Utah
chapter of the Patrick Henry Caucus
is reiterating its opposition to the
federal government's plan to
implement a high-risk insurance pool
in the state.
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Rep.
Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, held up a
three-page bill he just wrote, which
is roughly 2,000 pages shorter than
major Democratic health care reform
bills in Congress. He then read one
line that made a conservative rally
erupt into cheers.
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"It
prohibits a state agency or
department from implementing any
provision of the federal health
reform plan," Wimmer told the crowd,
drawing loud applause. Furthermore
it requires the state to opt out of
any federal [health care] reform
that is passed," Wimmer added. "It's
a very small bill but very powerful
-- and it will cause tremendous
shock waves through Washington."
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ABORTION |
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Proposed law would further restrict
abortions- In his unapologetic
push to restrict abortions, Rep.
Carl Wimmer wants more women to see
ultrasound images of their fetuses
before they decide to end their
pregnancy because he believes fewer
would choose to abort.
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Rep.
Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, wants to
clearly restrict elective abortions
to the physical health of the
mother, not dealing with her mental
health at all, and seeks to require
the doctor to conduct a free
ultrasound of the fetus, if the
woman agrees to it.
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Rep.
Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, has said he
will take action to seek to have the
Legislature amend the statute ("a
woman who is seeking to have or
obtains an abortion for herself is
not criminally liable,") Steele
cited in his ruling. Wimmer said he
was "absolutely outraged" at the
decision and plans to "close that
loophole for good."
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A bill
that would make seeking an illegal
abortion a second-degree felony as
well as remove any immunity for Utah
women seeking illegal abortions was
approved by a legislative committee
Wednesday morning.
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STATES' SOVEREIGNTY |
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The
Patrick Henry Caucus: Utah State's
Rights Group with National
Ambitions. We get a lot of
calls from groups in western states
seeking advice about taking back our
federal land through eminent
domain, says Wimmer. In Utah, we
have a long history of challenging
the federal government, which owns
70 percent of state territory.
The Caucus was founded in May 2009
by five Republican state legislators
united by their opposition to what
they consider unconstitutional
federal power as embodied in
everything from the Department of
Education to affirmative action
laws.
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Rep.
Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, was among
the lead proponents of pushing back
against perceived overreach by the
federal government and even
co-founded a special group of
legislators dedicated to that cause,
the Patrick Henry Caucus.
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In the
year of the Utah Legislature's
unrelenting campaign against federal
authority, a 34-year-old former
suburban policeman's echo of a
founding father's "liberty or death"
credo has him suddenly setting the
agenda on Capitol Hill.
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Vowing
to fight federal encroachment on
states' rights, a coalition of
conservative Utah lawmakers and
activists is seeking to set the tone
for the 2010 Legislature.
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COMMUNITY ISSUES |
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Lawmaker seeks muscle for personal
property protection- Rep. Carl
Wimmer, a former South Jordan police
officer, is drafting a bill for the
upcoming legislative session to bar
simple-assault prosecutions against
anyone acting reasonably to protect
private property when outside the
home.
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Utahns back anti-bias laws-
Wimmer said he worries that the
city's ordinance or a Johnson bill
would not "adequately protect"
private property owners' rights or
local businessmen's concerns.
Especially in constitutionally
protected private-property rights
which deal with rental properties,
for example Wimmer said it would
be wrong to step on one person's
rights to aid another's.
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