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Obama campaign enters new stage: The Action

November 14, 2012 By Teresa Albano

President Obama thanked them for their hard work and urged all to stay involved in grassroots action for the good of the country.

AFSCME reports earlier Wisconsin, Ohio battles sharply boosted 2012 turnout

November 12, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Battles over collective bargaining rights for state and local government workers sharply boosted overall labor enthusiasm and turnout in those two states this year.

Momentum grows for ending the filibuster

November 12, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The newly elected, slightly more Democratic U.S. Senate must tackle comprehensive filibuster reform or it will grind to a dead halt again.

CT working families defeat Linda’s lies

November 12, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

Connecticut voters smacked down tea party Republican Linda McMahon on Election Day and chose Rep. Chris Murphy to be their new U.S. Senator.

Voters give Obama four more years to move nation forward

November 7, 2012 By Teresa Albano

Battling an unprecedented barrage of lies, voter suppression laws, racially-charged attacks and fringe ideology on women, immigrants, gays and lesbians, fueled with billions of Wall Street and secretive super PACS dollars, the coalition backing the president...