GOP
Obama nominee’s support for civil rights too much for GOP
April 18, 2013Several plan to quiz Perez on his stewardship of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, which he now heads.
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Republicans oppose even Obama’s GOP picks for labor board
April 10, 2013Right-wing House Republicans schemed to hamstring the board and bring it to a dead halt.
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News clips from the world of the wealthy
March 7, 2013The next time a rich corporate chieftain whines about higher taxes or says he's "just like you and me," take him to Disneyland. It may remind him how he's not.
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Cancel sequester now!
March 6, 2013The term "sequester" hides from Americans the damage being wrought by a GOP-led Congress bent on slashing programs that help poor and working-class people.
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Unions to focus on dumping GOP governors
March 1, 2013The 2012 election is barely in the books, but the AFL-CIO is already starting to think about the next round of polling, in November 2014.
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