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| November 2009 |
| Sen. Prusi talks about the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. (November 10, 2009) |
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| October 2009 |
| Prusi: Time to stop playing political games and solve budget mess. (October 28, 2009) |
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| Sen. Prusi questions why Senate Republicans are holding budget bills hostage |
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| September 2009 |
| Senate Democratic Leader Mike Prusi on Income Tax Vote |
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| Prusi: "Just because one party passes a budget, does not make it a budget." (September 25, 2009) |
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| Sen. Prusi gives his no vote explanation on a cuts-only budget. (September 25, 2009) |
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Promise Scholarship Rally with Sen. Mike Prusi and Sen. Gretchen Whitmer
September 22, 2009 |
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| Sen. Prusi encourages his colleagues to attend the Michigan Promise rally at the Capitol today. (September 22, 2009) |
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| Sen. Prusi: We will not support a cuts-only budget. (September 17, 2009) |
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| Prusi on any budget "deals." (September 15, 2009) |
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| Sen. Prusi talks about budget negotiations and the priorities of the Democratic Caucus. (September 9, 2009) |
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| June 2009 |
| Sen. Prusi discusses the need to focus on unemployed workers, not waste time discussing new computer systems and fraud prevention in the unemployment system. (June 25, 2009) |
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| Sen. Prusi speaks about the need to help unemployed workers in Michigan obtain benefits and job training. (June 25, 2009) |
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| Sen. Prusi discusses the need to pass unemployment modernization legislation to help workers |
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| Sen. Prusi opposes SB 431 due to the fact that it has not yet received a committee hearing. (June 17, 2009) |
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| May 2009 |
| Senate Democratic Leader Mike Prusi (D-Ishpeming) speaks on his support of Michigan workers and the need to restore critical provisions to the Hire Michigan First legislation that would further protect Michigan workers' jobs and the wages they earn. (May 7, 2009) |
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| April 2009 |
| Sen. Prusi asks his colleagues to pass the Hire Michigan First package before the spring recess. (April 1, 2009) |
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| March 2009 |
| Sen. Prusi explains his no vote on SR 19, stating that a new committee is not necessary for deciding how to allocate federal stimulus dollars. (March 11, 2009) |
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| February 2009 |
| Senator Prusi shares his own experience leading the collective bargaining process, and points out that employers routinely use coercion to prevent unionizing. (February 19, 2009) |
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| Senator Prusi honors Senator Martha Scott, who was chosen Public Official of the Year by Habitat for Humanity. (February 12, 2009) |
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| Senator Prusi talks about the lasting impact U.S. Representative John Dingell has had on Michigan. Rep. Dingell was honored by the Michigan Senate today for becoming the longest-serving representative in American history. (February 11, 2009) |
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| January 2009 |
| Sen. Prusi addresses Republican complaints about the economic stimulus package being discussed in Washington, and reminds his colleagues that their concerns apply equally to the enormous financial bailout passed last year. (January 29, 2009) |
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| November 2008 |
| Sen. Mike Prusi congratulates Sen. Schauer on his election to the U.S. Congress, and promises to work on both sides of the aisle in his new role as the leader of Michigan's Senate Democrats. (November 12, 2008) |
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| October 2008 |
| Senator Prusi Statement Against Partisanship and Intimidation Tactics |
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| April 2008 |
| Sen. Mike Prusi (D-Ishpeming) offers a no-vote explanation for SB 1198, which he says breaks an agreement to keep the MBT revenue-neutral and will cost the state at least $250 million — 4/22/08 |
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| Sen. Mike Prusi (D-Ishpeming) comments on his amendment to SB 1198, which would have tie-barred the legislation to another bill that would extend unemployment benefits for laid off workers — 4/22/08 |
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| November 2007 |
| Sen. Mike Prusi comments on the current status of the service tax replacement — 11/29/07 |
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| Sen. Mike Prusi introduces a substitute to HB 5408, which would replace the service tax without using one-time fixes or creating another hole in the budget — 11/20/07 |
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| Sen. Mike Prusi speaks against the Republican substitute to the House service tax replacement, saying it is a mistake to re-write the MBT with these provisions — 11/20/07 |
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| Sen. Mike Prusi speaks against the Republican substitute to the House service tax replacement, saying the Senate has once again put political gamesmanship ahead of good public policy — 11/20/07 |
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| Sen. Mike Prusi speaks about his effort to tie bar SB 838 to a revenue replacement plan that is currently being worked on in the House — 11/7/07 |
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| Sen. Prusi comments on SB 845 bypassing the committee process. This bill would postpone the service tax. |
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| October 2007 |
| Sen. Prusi discusses SR 102, a resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide for the construction and maintenance of a national cemetery in the Upper Peninsula — 10/24/07 |
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| September 2007 |
| Sen. Prusi argues that a continuation budget merely moves the problem out another month, says the time to act is now — 9/17/07 |
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