She and other business owners in the area hope protestors will remain calm and allow her to make some money. But hopes he won't have to. But House lawmakers say they resented such threats by unions prior to the vote. Unions lobbied hardest in the senate against a bill to reform health benefits. It passed on a 13-12 vote, with senators Buen, Bunda, Chun, English, Hanabusa, Inouye, Kim, Kokubun, Matsuura, Nakata, Sakamoto, Slom and Taniguchi supporting the bill.
Senators say the threat of union retribution affected the vote.
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