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Michigan Republicans make ruthless power grab

December 7, 2012 By John Rummel

By taking their first votes to pass anti-worker "right-to-work" legistlation, Michigan's Republican Party and Gov. Rick Snyder have resorted to open class warfare.

Job growth the key to avoiding fiscal disaster

November 30, 2012 By John Wojcik

The media is absorbed now with trying to decide how close President Obama and House Republicans are to a deal that would avoid the "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year.

Air traffic controllers push Senate to confirm FAA chief

November 30, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The Air Traffic Controllers are pushing the Senate to confirm a new permanent chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Huerta, saying he's been acting administrator long enough.

Post-election, secretive Republican front group exposed

November 30, 2012 By Juan Lopez

Shrouded in secrecy, hundreds of right-wing Republican state lawmakers joined powerful corporate executives and lobbyists in Washington D.C yesterday.

New House committee chairs reflect GOP’s concept of diversity

November 28, 2012 By John Wojcik

Boehner demonstrated the difficulty his party has with the concept of diversity yesterday.