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EDITORIAL: Senate battleground
February 9, 2007The people, at the ballot box, in the halls of Capitol Hill and in the streets, have demanded that Congress act on the Iraq war, the minimum wage and other pressing issues. Just this week, Democrats...
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Another fast track to the unemployment line?
February 9, 2007President Bush has asked Congress for approval of “fast track” authority. Fast track means that the president negotiates a trade agreement and Congress cannot make any changes in it; they can only vote it up or...
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Jury exonerates Seattle WTO protesters
February 9, 2007SEATTLE (PAI) — It took seven years, but 147 of the Seattle protesters against corporate-centered globalization finally won — in federal court. On Jan. 30, a federal district court jury ruled the city’s mass arrest of...
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Republicans delay minimum wage hike
February 9, 2007The Senate voted 94-3 last week to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 over two years from the current $5.15 per hour, but in a maneuver by Republicans it tied the hike to corporate tax...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
February 9, 2007RICHMOND, Va.: Immigrant workers protest state crackdown Carrying signs reading “No human being is illegal,” undocumented workers and immigrant rights activists marched on the state General Assembly, Feb. 3, to halt a spate of legislation targeting...
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