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Austerity busting bill introduced
February 5, 2013The Progressive Caucus bill, called the Balancing Act, invests in job creation and calls for paying for those investments with defense cuts.
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Will Republicans keep blocking Violence Against Women Act?
February 5, 2013Earlier, Republicans blocked reauthorization because they opposed extending protections to 30 million women who are undocumented immigrants, Native Americans, LGBT, or students on campuses.
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Today in labor history: Radical Reconstruction and 40 acres and a mule
February 5, 2013In 1866, Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to a bill requiring 40 acre plots be parceled out to former slaves from both confiscated and public land in the former slave South.
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Immigration reform a top goal for Auto Workers
February 5, 2013Declaring, "We are a union of immigrants," Auto Workers President Bob King elevated immigration reform to a top spot on the UAW's lobbying agenda.
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Elections have consequences: “Right to work” is one of them
February 4, 2013The GOP majority in the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is pushing a so-called "right-to-work" law in the Quaker State.
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