Jobs
Protesters to GOP Kirk: hands off Social Security; jobs now
August 27, 2010LISLE, Ill. - Angered by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's repeated votes against extension of unemployment compensation and jobs creation, protesters crashed a posh Kirk fundraiser here Aug. 26.
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Boehner speech offers return to Bush policies
August 26, 2010Speaker of the House-hopeful John Boehner offered a return to Republican policies under George Bush in a recent policy speech, which was light on policy, heavy on lies.
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In rural Ashtabula, Ohio, rally calls for GOP defeat
August 26, 2010ASHTABULA, Ohio -- Labor, civil rights, family farm and community allies rallied here Aug. 21 to kick off the campaign to elect Democrats in November.
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Ohio’s Fisher slams Senate opponent on jobs
August 25, 2010In a blistering attack, Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate said Rob Portman, his Republican opponent, had "sold out American workers."
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Cheers for Anne Feeney, jeers to Chamber of Commerce
August 24, 2010CHEERS for troubadour Anne Feeney, who has sung her lungs out to help America's workers.
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