As the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, I visit congressional offices on Capitol Hill frequently – but the trip I made today to mark the…
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Art Levine: Stella D’Oro Workers Fight Equity Fund’s Plant Shutdown, Attack on Middle-Class Jobs
July 16th, 2009 |
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A Bronx union local is fighting the private equity fund Byrnwood Partner’s decision announced last week to close the Stella D’Oro plant rather than…
Senate Panel OKs Plan To Revamp Health Care System
July 16th, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system.
The Senate panel’s action, which attracted no Republican votes, came as the president’s ca…
Coburn Evokes Ricky Ricardo While Speaking To Sotomayor: “You’ll Have Lots Of Splainin’ To Do” (VIDEO)
July 15th, 2009 |
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(AP) WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn evoked a 1950s TV show Wednesday in a quip responding to Sonia Sotomayor’s scenario about what he might do if she – hypothetically, of course – attacked him.
“You’ll have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do,” Coburn s…
Sonia Sotomayor set to return
July 15th, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonia Sotomayor is relying on her 17-year record as a federal judge to rebut criticism that she is concealing a liberal agenda that will show up if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Sotomayor, the first Hispanic high court nominee, was set to return Wednesday to a cavernous Senate hearing room for [...]