 ccrp poll upholding the hastert rule in the michigan house   new poll overview three candidates running for state house seats are pressing for the house republican caucus to formally adopt the hastert rule under this rule named for former us house speaker dennis hastert caucus leadership agrees not to bring legislation up for a vote unless a majority of the caucus approves doing so they want leadership that promises to fight for what a majority of the caucus believes in the principles interests they represented in the election and that will prevent the governor s topdown agenda from being forced on the house members the version of the hastert rule that rsquo s being talked about would allow a majority of the caucus to approve bringing legislation up for a vote on the house floor and then having less than a majority of members actually vote yes on it with the democrats supplying most of the required votes for passage new poll question should the michigan house adopt the hastert rule regarding votes on legislation by the republican caucus yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http clintoncountygoporg content shouldmichiganhouseadopt e2809chastertrule e2809dregardingvoteslegislationrepublicancaucus  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the michigan legislature pass a bill to allow the use of speed cameras near schools and colleges yes 22 no 78 undecided 0 three comments were made on this poll comment 1 senator jones is not in favor of the speed cameras the following is from michigan capitol confidential and clarifies senator jones position on the bills that were introduced sen virgil smith ddetroit introduced senate bill 1063 on sept 16 and managed to get just one cosponsor sen rick jones rgrand ledge sen jones who strongly opposed the red light camera legislation told capitol confidential that he signed on as cosponsor of senate bill 1063 based on how it was verbally described to him by senator smith ldquo this bill was described to me as being limited to allowing the cameras at school crossings rdquo he said ldquo you know mdash the kind that have the yellow caution lights and only during school hours also i was told it would include a threecounty pilot program to test it out rdquo ldquo i signed on to this bill because it was presented to me as something to protect the safety of children rdquo sen jones continued ldquo but if there is anything in this bill that expands on what was described to me and the bill was brought up on the senate floor i would standup and have my name removed as a cosponsor and oppose the bill i can say however that that will never happen i know that won rsquo t happen because i have checked and this bill is not going to come up ndash it is not going to move rdquo in point of fact the legislation is very different from what sen jones said sen smith described to him comment 2 speed cameras i cannot believe what has happened to the republican party i guess it is time for us to start a new conservative party because the republicans have become too much like the demorats ida s comment 3 speed cameras thank you rick jones for this piece of bs legislation like this is why i will never vote for you you are just like a tax and spend liberal how much money did the vendor have to donate for you to sponsor this   all emails addresses  