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Too big to fail? Not this Wall Street reform bill
June 29, 2010Congress is on the verge of passing the most sweeping banking and financial regulations since the 1930s - or so the catch phrase goes.
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Public workers demand jobs bill
June 28, 2010Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, demanded that Congress "stop fooling around and pass the jobs bill that is before them."
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Why Exxon Mobil is more dangerous than BP
June 28, 2010Exxon Mobil Corp. stands out among the nation's oil giants in one big way: it is spending millions of dollars to fund an enormous network of extreme right-wing groups.
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Chavez-Thompson energizes labor
June 28, 2010The governor's race may get the highest media profile and the most campaign donations, but it's Linda Chavez-Thompson for Texas Lieutenant Governor that really puts fire underneath union activists.
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Guam: Proposed U.S. base expansion seen as threat
June 28, 2010President Obama was supposed to drop by the U.S. island colony of Guam in his trip to the Asia-Pacific region a couple of weeks ago.
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