Today was the day that the controversial Right to Work bill came up for a vote in the Indiana House of Representatives.

55 lawmakers voted ‘yes’ while 44 voted ‘no’ and Right to Work passed by a comfortable margin.

Five Republicans did cross over to vote against Right to Work. The list includes Rep. Thomas Dermody, (R) LaPorte, and Rep. Ed Soliday, (R) Valparaiso (along with Rep. Bacon, Rep. Karickhoff, and Rep. Saunders).

Democrats voted unanimously against Right to Work.

As the debate on Right to Work opened on the house floor—so did the doors in the back of the house chamber.

“The constitution actually says you have to keep the doors open so today we decided to keep the doors open and we had two legislators that stood and kept the doors open,” said Rep. B. Patrick Bauer, (D) South Bend.

The idea was to make sure that protestors in the hallway could hear what lawmakers were saying.

“We’re voting for someone, you’re voting for something,” said Rep. Chuck Moseley, (D) Portage from the house podium.

But when someone in the hall started chanting and everyone seemingly joined in, the noise frequently drowned out the debate.

“Unfortunately it may be difficult for us to hear the debate on this bill inside the chamber which is unfortunate because I think that’s important,” said Rep. Gerald Torr, (R) Carmel, over a chorus of chants.

“I didn’t run on Right to Work in fact, I had never heard of Right to Work until I was in front of the teamsters in Evansville but what I did campaign on is jobs, jobs, and more jobs,” said Rep. Wendy McNamara, (R) Mount Vernon.

In the end, Republicans got the job done, while democrats did the only thing they could do.

“The only thing you can do when you’re a minority is filibuster and make sure the public is heard and we were able to do that,’ said Rep. Bauer. “They tried to get it through the first week, they got it through near the last.”

The house passed Right to Work bill now moves on to the Indiana Senate for further consideration.

Earlier this week the senate passed its own version of Right to Work by a vote of 28-22.