Senator Martin - Defends our Liberty!

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Federal Takeover of Health Care - Senator Martin was one of 4 Senators to see the need to protect our State from proposed, unconstitutional federal take over of our health care by signing on to co-sponsor S.987 and S.1010 before session began.  Hopefully, these bills will get passed to allow any South Carolinian to opt out of a federal health care plan. This forward thinking really helps us now that our US Congress passed health care legislation on March 21st against the will of the American people.  The General Assembly already passed a resolution against government run health care and now the Senate is trying to make it law.  The Sovereign States have the power and the people want their elected leaders to stand up and take our country back!!!

Senator Martin will continue to stand up and fight for us and our Constitution!!!!


Arizona Style Immigration Law - Senator Martin Co-Sponsored this bill at the end of session.  Please support him as the General Assembly takes this up in January.  This is something that our Sovereign State should easily pass, as AZ did, since the federal government has failed and continues to fail to follow its Constitutional duty to secure our borders!!



Senate Budget (2010-2011) - Unfortunately the Senate passed a budget that is filled with fees (hidden tax increases).  Senator Shane Martin was one of only 9 Senators to vote against the budget.  Several Conservative Senators tried to pursuade the Senate to set priorities, but it was to no avail.  Until we fundamentally reform the way we budget in this state we will remain in crisis!  2011-2012 is projected to be $1Billion short.


24-Hour Waiting period on Abortion (H.3245) - Senator Martin helped vote this bill out of Medical Affairs Committee last year and worked with his colleagues to get this bill on Special Order and passed out of the Senate.  The House of Representatives amended the bill again and sent back to the Senate.  The Senate refused to concur and now a Conference Committee is set up to finish the bill.  The three Senators went to the meeting and the House members failed to show.  Hopefully they will realize the urgency of saving unborn lives and bring this to a close.
Update: Conference Committee Agreement was reached and the report was adopted June 16th!

Governor Sanford signed H.3245 into law on June 24th! - It is now official law (Act #268).

Right to Secret Ballot (H.3305) - This Constitutional amendment has been passed - insuring all workers the right to a secret ballot during any Union organization drives.  This keeps people from unwillingly being forced into a Union.  Boeing is in SC because of our secret ballot laws and now we will have it on the November ballot for the people to vote on to continue making our state pro-business!!

Help Senator Martin push some of these bills below! We need Spending Accountability and more transparency - just like he promised during his campaign. If some of these things had been in place a few years ago, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in today.

Shane Martin signs on to the 2009 Spending Accountability Act (with Roll call voting)!

S 0011 General Bill, By Peeler, Cromer, Massey, Bryant, Fair, Ryberg, Hayes, Campbell, Mulvaney, Rose, Rankin, Davis, Courson, Thomas, Alexander, Cleary, Bright, Campsen, Shoopman, S. Martin, Sheheen, Elliott and Lourie

A Bill to enact the "Spending Accountability Act of 2009"; and to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 2-7-125 so as to require certain Bills and Joint Resolutions to receive a recorded roll call vote at various stages of their passage by the House of Representatives and the Senate.

SENATOR MARTIN pulled the companion bill H.3047 (or Nikki Haley's Bill) from Judiciary Committee onto the full Senate floor May 27th, but it was killed by a couple of Republican Senators.  See News and Events for more information!

AYES
Alexander (R) Bright (R)  Bryant (R) 
Cleary (R) Courson (R) Cromer (R)
Davis (R)  Martin, Shane (R) McGill (D)
Mulvaney (R) O'Dell (R) Peeler (R) 
Rose (R) Setzler (D) Shoopman (R)
Total--15

NAYS
Campsen (R) Elliott (D) Grooms (R)
Knotts (R) Lourie (D) Malloy (D)
Martin, Larry (R) Massey (R) McConnell (R) 
Nicholson (D) Reese (D) Scott (D) 
Verdin
Total--13

Shane Martin Sponsors Bill to Allow for Drug testing of Unemployment Benefit Applicants

S 03720 General Bill, By Shane Martin, Knotts, Bryant, Shoopman, Mulvaney, Leatherman, L. Martin, Massey, Grooms, Bright, Verdin, Courson, Peeler, Davis and Thomas

A Bill to amend chapter 35, title 41 of the 1976 code, relating to eligibility for unemployment benefits, to provide that all unemployed insured workers shall participate in a drug screening program to maintain eligibility for unemployment benefits and to provide for the terms and conditions of the program.