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Today in black history: Andrew Johnson impeached
February 24, 2014On Feb. 24, 1868 the House voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States.
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The Congressional Budget Office minimum wage controversy
February 24, 2014"Every time momentum builds for lifting wages, conservative ideologues say it will cost jobs. Every time they've been dead wrong."
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U.S. Senate race in Georgia reaches a new low
February 24, 2014The campaign is raffling off an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle as a way to build a list of conservative supporters.
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Union wins recognition vote among federal park workers
February 24, 2014By a 91-9 percent margin the Treasury Employees won union recognition among 1,300 National Park Service workers in the Washington, D.C., area.
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Unions fight airline plan to enter U.S. on the cheap
February 24, 2014Just call it airborne theft of flight attendants' and pilots' jobs and pay.
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