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Republicans ignore call to end Big Oil’s tax breaks

May 18, 2011 By John Wojcik

Senate Republicans began a filibuster yesterday to block the stripping of tax subsidies to oil companies.

New oil drilling is not a solution

May 17, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

There's a big fight happening in Washington over oil company subsidies.

Carlos Santana slams Georgia’s anti-immigrant law

May 17, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Immigrant rights activists say legendary guitarist Carlos Santana hit a home run during his speech at Major League Baseball's annual Civil Rights Game in Atlanta, Georgia, May 15.

Wisconsin voter ID bill slammed as vote suppression

May 17, 2011 By John Wojcik

State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt called it "an attempt to block the recall of unpopular GOP senators and to suppress turnout among constituencies who may tend to vote Democratic."

Unemployment insurance under attack

May 17, 2011 By Art Perlo

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and in a number of states are out to kill, or at least cripple, unemployment insurance.