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GOP’s Lamar Alexander, catering to right, tries axing Davis-Bacon

August 4, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

In an obvious bid to cater to the radical right, Sen. Lamar Alexander launched a bid to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.

GOP filibuster kills Bring the Jobs Home bill

August 1, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Once again, a Senate Republican filibuster killed a pro-worker bill, the Bring The Jobs Home Act, to extend tax credits to firms which do just that.

Labor rolls out its plan to defeat GOP in November

July 31, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

"You know what our problem is," said the federation's political action director, Lee Saunders, "It's turnout. We have prioritized the election races and we have to get our people out."

Missouri Republicans fail to achieve much of their agenda

May 21, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

"Their whole legislative agenda revolves around this one central idea: Weaken unions and increase profits for big corporations."

Senate GOP defeats minimum wage hike

May 1, 2014 By PAI

The Senate tried to raise the nation's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. But its Democratic sponsors needed 60 votes to start debate, and got six fewer than that.