2011 Senate Bill 855 ↩

Senate Roll Call 763: Passed

To authorize giving a $50 million state subsidy to a firm called “Townsend Ventures,” which <A href="http://www.senate.michigan.gov/committees/files/2011-SCT-ECON-11-30-1-01.PDF">says it wants</A> to use the former Ford Motors Wixom plant to make systems related to electric car batteries. If enacted, this would be the second time the legislature has authorized a large cash subsidy for an outfit wanting to use this closed plant; the first deal fell through (see <A href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-SB-777">2009 Senate Bill 777</A>).

30 Yeas / 5 Nays

Republican (21 Yeas / 5 Nays)

Booher (R-35) Colbeck (R-7) Emmons (R-33) Hansen (R-34) Hildenbrand (R-29) Hune (R-22) Jansen (R-28) Jones (R-24) Kowall (R-15) Marleau (R-12) Meekhof (R-30) Moolenaar (R-36) Nofs (R-19) Pappageorge (R-13) Pavlov (R-25) Proos (R-21) Richardville (R-17) Robertson (R-26) Rocca (R-10) Schuitmaker (R-20) Walker (R-37)	Brandenburg (R-11) Casperson (R-38) Caswell (R-16) Green (R-31) Kahn (R-32)

Democrat (9 Yeas / 0 Nays)

Anderson (D-6) Bieda (D-9) Gleason (D-27) Gregory (D-14) Hopgood (D-8) Hunter (D-5) Warren (D-18) Whitmer (D-23) Young (D-1)

Excused or Not Voting (3)

Hood (D-3) Johnson (D-2) Smith (D-4)