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Ohio lawmaker latest in GOP trail of corruption
September 22, 2006Six-term Congressman Bob Ney became the latest Republican crook to bite the dust when he agreed last week to plead guilty to sweeping federal corruption charges and face a 27-month prison term. Ney, who represents Ohio’s...
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Hotel workers celebrate new pact
September 22, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Celebration was in the air as union members gathered with Unite Here Local 2 President Mike Casey at the local’s headquarters Sept. 13 to announce a tentative agreement in their two-year contract struggle...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
September 22, 2006BALTIMORE: NAACP keeps tax-exempt status When NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a scathing critique of the Bush administration’s policies regarding the Iraq war, education and the economy at the civil rights organization’s 2004 convention, he did...
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Calif. greenhouse gas bill draws praise, cautions
September 22, 2006As it wrapped up its session late last month, the Democratic Party-led California Legislature reached an agreement with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on the first-ever state measure to cut global warming by limiting emissions of carbon...
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Blitzkrieg effort to ram new anti-immigrant bills through Congress
September 22, 2006NewsAnalysisThe Republican leadership of the House of Representatives is pushing hard to get HR 4437, Rep. James Sensenbrenner’s vicious anti-immigrant bill which spurred this year’s huge immigrant rights marches, approved piecemeal by the House and Senate...
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