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Michigan Lawmakers Pass Controversial Right-to-Work Legislation; Gov. Snyder Expected to Sign
… designed to intimidate peaceful Michigan citizens who are attempting to exercise their right to free speech," Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer said in a statement. "What Gov. Rick Snyder and House Speaker Jase Bolger have done at the …
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Top 10 Workforce Management News Stories of 2009
… news in 2009. The year began with sea change in American politics as Barack Obama was sworn in as president and the Democratic Party took control of both houses of Congress. House Passes Stimulus Bill With COBRA Subsidy A federal subsidy to help …
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Health Care Reform Plan Likely Moving Into Full Senate
… Frank McArdle, a consultant in the Washington office of Hewitt Associates Inc. In the House of Representatives, Democratic Party leaders have to put one bill together for floor debate from the measures passed in July by three House panels: the …
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Public, Private Health Insurance Systems Could Work in Tandem, Howard Dean Tells Brokers and Agents
… alongside a public health care plan , and may even provide some healthy competition, according to the former head of the Democratic Party . In fact, it is possible that individuals who choose to enroll in the proposed government plan will decide to leave …
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Both Sides Agree U.S. Needs Jobs for True Economic Recovery
… prescription for fiscal insolvency and an eventual government takeover of American health care.â Trumka also said the Democratic party is in danger of losing the majority it holds in both chambers and is inviting a repeat of 1994 when it lost its majority …
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Democrats' Dogged Summer Pursuit of Health Care Reform
… for their summer getaways. The delay can be attributed in part to Republican resistance and to fissures within the Democratic Party . In order to achieve their majorities, Democrats wisely extended their tent. The head of their House campaign …
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Hidden Ramifications of the Employee Free Choice Act
… a swirl of hyperbole, Sen. Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican at the time (he has since switched to the Democratic Party ), pronounced that he alone would drive a stake into the heart of the bill. He proceeded to say the right words …
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House Democrats Roll Out Health Care Reform Plan That Would Tax the Wealthy
… percentâ up from 2 percent in the earlier version. The earlier House version had already caused a splinter within the Democratic Party , with fiscally conservative â Blue Dogâ Democrats opposing a bill that would add to the deficit. In a concession …
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House Democrat Tells Medical Students Health Care Reform Will Pass With a Public Option Included
… on it as we go along.â Schakowsky, who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and serves in the House Democratic Party leadership position of â chief deputy whip,â predicted a bill will be introduced on the House floor by November …
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Study Corporations Often Blamed for Economic Woes
… stagnating wages and declining benefits can be found even among liberals. "There is a very substantial portion of the Democratic Party and of American liberals who are just as clueless as to the real plight of the American working class," Tonelson …
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Biden Doesn’t Foresee Specter Changing Position on EFCA
… Delaware and Pennsylvania, respectively, when Biden was in the Senate. Now that Specter has joined Biden in the Democratic Party , he doesnâ t expect the former Republican to change his opposition to a bill that would make it easier for workers …
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Congress Unlikely to Lift Immigration Caps in December
… could hurt U.S. workers. But party veterans might support raising the caps. "Thereâ s not a clearly articulated Democratic Party position," Hira says. Ingersoll-Rand has a firm stance. "Most of our competitors are in Europe and the Asia …
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Getting Ready for 'Stealth' Unionization
… reintroduced in the House this year after its defeat in 2007, will succeed in passing this time around, thanks to the Democratic Party dominance in Congress. President Barack Obama is on the record as a supporter. Recent bankruptcies, layoffs …
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Executives Skeptical of Candidates’ Health Plans
… benefit executives also said requiring employers to offer health care coverage or pay a new taxâ an idea endorsed by Democratic Party presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois â would have a strong negative effect on their workforces …
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Frank Takes Three-Quarters Loaf on Sexual Orientation Bill
… make it harder for us to mobilize support in the future. This is a moment of truth for responsible liberals in the Democratic Party ." This blog entry turned out to be a soliloquy itself. Sorry to make you scroll so far. But I thought it was …
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Watch Senate Races for Preview of Labor Law Action
… Specifically, watch the Senate races where open seats or vulnerable Republicans are juicy prey for a hale and hearty Democratic Party . Currently, the Senate is comprised of 51 Democrats and 49 Republicans. But many of the most contentious issues …
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Meet the Bosses Who Could Win the Awful
… Morrison, a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and once described as a “poster boy for a Kansas Democratic Party on a roll,” stands out for his role in the two-year-plus sexual relationship he had with Linda Carter, an …
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Big Labor Has One Big Hope — and $385 million to Sell It
… Service Employees International Union plans to pitch in an additional $85 million. To put that in perspective, the Democratic Party as a whole had raised $416 million through July. The campaign at the AFL-CIO is typical of laborâ s big-money …
