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Democrats right to close the door on McConnell’s sham COVID rescue bills

October 22, 2020 By Tim Libretti

McConnell's goal was simply to give Republican Senators some flimsy evidence to claim they supported rescue measures that Democrats didn’t vote for.

GOP Senate ignores 24 million unemployed workers, schedules Barrett vote first

October 22, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The panel’s ten Democrats boycotted the vote to move the Barrett nomination, calling the vote a sham. They said the priority should be an economic rescue package.

Some 17 percent of U.S. workers got jobless benefits last week

October 15, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Since the beginning of the pandemic 64 million have sought state or federal benefits.

To Biden and Harris: Don’t keep your best policies packed away

October 9, 2020 By John Wojcik

Both Biden and Harris have missed opportunities to present in a clear way the most important alternatives the Democrats have to Trump’s disastrous pandemic policies.

Nightmare at 30,000 feet: Airline workers face layoffs with no Heroes Act

October 5, 2020 By Al Neal

“My life is in boxes. My health care is gone. My eyes are on the unemployment screen, and Rand Paul is standing in the way of my future,” said flight attendant Alyssa Snapp.