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2012 House Bill 5400: Authorize loan subsidies for fruit growers (House Roll Call 544)
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Passed 103 to 2 in the House on September 19, 2012, to appropriate a $15 million for low-interest loan subsidies for fruit growers and producers who suffered extensive crop damage in 2012 due to an extended March warm spell followed by a hard freeze.
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The vote was 103 in favor, 2 against, and 5 not voting.
(House Roll Call 544)

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Against Against
Not Voting Not Voting
Undecided
Republican
96496%
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3973%
64 total votes
Democrat
891189%
4964%
6946%
46 total votes
Voters
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1 total vote

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Authorize loan subsidies for fruit growers

IN FAVOR

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Ananich (D)Barnett (D)Bauer (D)Bledsoe (D)Brown (D)
Brunner (D)Byrum (D)Cavanagh (D)Clemente (D)Constan (D)
Darany (D)Dillon (D)Durhal (D)Geiss (D)Greimel (D)
Haugh (D)Hobbs (D)Hovey-Wright (D)Howze (D)Jackson (D)
Kandrevas (D)Lane (D)LeBlanc (D)Lindberg (D)Lipton (D)
Liss (D)McCann (D)Meadows (D)Nathan (D)Oakes (D)
Olumba (D)Rutledge (D)Segal (D)Slavens (D)Smiley (D)
Stanley (D)Stapleton (D)Switalski (D)Talabi (D)Tlaib (D)
Townsend (D)    

HOUSE REPUBLICANS

Agema (R)Bolger (R)Bumstead (R)Callton (R)Cotter (R)
Crawford (R)Daley (R)Damrow (R)Denby (R)Farrington (R)
Forlini (R)Foster (R)Franz (R)Genetski (R)Gilbert (R)
Glardon (R)Goike (R)Graves (R)Haines (R)Haveman (R)
Heise (R)Hooker (R)Horn (R)Hughes (R)Huuki (R)
Jacobsen (R)Jenkins (R)Johnson (R)Knollenberg (R)Kowall (R)
Kurtz (R)LaFontaine (R)Lori (R)Lund (R)Lyons (R)
MacGregor (R)MacMaster (R)McBroom (R)McMillin (R)Moss (R)
Muxlow (R)Nesbitt (R)O'Brien (R)Opsommer (R)Ouimet (R)
Outman (R)Pettalia (R)Poleski (R)Potvin (R)Price (R)
Pscholka (R)Rendon (R)Rogers (R)Schmidt, W. (R)Shaughnessy (R)
Shirkey (R)Somerville (R)Stamas (R)Tyler (R)Walsh (R)
Yonker (R)Zorn (R)   

AGAINST

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Irwin (D)Santana (D)

HOUSE REPUBLICANS
none

HOUSE LEGISLATORS WHO DID NOT VOTE

Hammel (D)Olson (R)Schmidt, R. (R)Stallworth (D)Womack (D)

HOUSE LEGISLATORS ALL VOTES

Y    Agema (R)Y    Ananich (D)Y    Barnett (D)Y    Bauer (D)Y    Bledsoe (D)
Y    Bolger (R)Y    Brown (D)Y    Brunner (D)Y    Bumstead (R)Y    Byrum (D)
Y    Callton (R)Y    Cavanagh (D)Y    Clemente (D)Y    Constan (D)Y    Cotter (R)
Y    Crawford (R)Y    Daley (R)Y    Damrow (R)Y    Darany (D)Y    Denby (R)
Y    Dillon (D)Y    Durhal (D)Y    Farrington (R)Y    Forlini (R)Y    Foster (R)
Y    Franz (R)Y    Geiss (D)Y    Genetski (R)Y    Gilbert (R)Y    Glardon (R)
Y    Goike (R)Y    Graves (R)Y    Greimel (D)Y    Haines (R)  -  Hammel (D)
Y    Haugh (D)Y    Haveman (R)Y    Heise (R)Y    Hobbs (D)Y    Hooker (R)
Y    Horn (R)Y    Hovey-Wright (D)Y    Howze (D)Y    Hughes (R)Y    Huuki (R)
  n  Irwin (D)Y    Jackson (D)Y    Jacobsen (R)Y    Jenkins (R)Y    Johnson (R)
Y    Kandrevas (D)Y    Knollenberg (R)Y    Kowall (R)Y    Kurtz (R)Y    LaFontaine (R)
Y    Lane (D)Y    LeBlanc (D)Y    Lindberg (D)Y    Lipton (D)Y    Liss (D)
Y    Lori (R)Y    Lund (R)Y    Lyons (R)Y    MacGregor (R)Y    MacMaster (R)
Y    McBroom (R)Y    McCann (D)Y    McMillin (R)Y    Meadows (D)Y    Moss (R)
Y    Muxlow (R)Y    Nathan (D)Y    Nesbitt (R)Y    O'Brien (R)Y    Oakes (D)
  -  Olson (R)Y    Olumba (D)Y    Opsommer (R)Y    Ouimet (R)Y    Outman (R)
Y    Pettalia (R)Y    Poleski (R)Y    Potvin (R)Y    Price (R)Y    Pscholka (R)
Y    Rendon (R)Y    Rogers (R)Y    Rutledge (D)  n  Santana (D)  -  Schmidt, R. (R)
Y    Schmidt, W. (R)Y    Segal (D)Y    Shaughnessy (R)Y    Shirkey (R)Y    Slavens (D)
Y    Smiley (D)Y    Somerville (R)  -  Stallworth (D)Y    Stamas (R)Y    Stanley (D)
Y    Stapleton (D)Y    Switalski (D)Y    Talabi (D)Y    Tlaib (D)Y    Townsend (D)
Y    Tyler (R)Y    Walsh (R)  -  Womack (D)Y    Yonker (R)Y    Zorn (R)

House Roll Call 544 on 2012 House Bill 5400

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Comments

Re: 2012 House Bill 5400 (Authorize loan subsidies for fruit growers)  by Mike Hignite on October 1, 2012 

 Another bailout to private individuals.  What is wrong with you people?  Haven't we had enough of this using public money to support a private enterprise?  Do you ever learn anything?  Not one senator voted against this bill?  Not one? 


Haven't we proved a million times that public money going to private individuals is immoral, ineffective, and distorts economic growth?


You take money from Michigan taxpayers, teachers, small businesses, green technology and give it to farmers.  When do the farmers share their profits with Michigan citizens, should things turn around next year?  Do you give that money back to the retirees you took it from?  Do you use that money to reduce the sales tax rate?  Of course not. 


Farmers take a gamble everytime they stick a seed in the ground.  If they guess right and are lucky, they make money.  If they don't they lose money.  Why are they entitled to this guarantee?  Why not the college drop out who thinks he's going to win big on American Idol and be rich.  He's taking a risk too.  Are you going to bail him out?  If not, why not? 


Another classic example of moral hazzard, not that we need another one.


 


 


 


 



2012 House Bill 5400 (Authorize loan subsidies for fruit growers)  by admin on October 1, 2012 
Introduced in the House on February 14, 2012, to appropriate a $15 million for low-interest loan subsidies for fruit growers and producers who suffered extensive crop damage in 2012 due to an extended March warm spell followed by a hard freeze

The vote was 103 in favor, 2 opposed and 5 not voting

(House Roll Call 544 at House Journal 0)

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