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Republican filibuster blocks Obama nominee Liu

May 20, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

A longstanding struggle over confirmation of Goodwin Liu, nominated as an appellate court judge by President Obama, suffered a Republican filibuster.

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.

Jim Crow move over, the Wisconsin GOP is here

May 18, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Voters will for the first time be required to show photo identification this summer in recall elections seeking to unseat several Republican legislators.

Labor leader calls for 500,000 “soldiers” to defend democracy

May 18, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Tens of thousands of workers and their supporters have hit the streets circulating petitions to put the measure to repeal Senate Bill 5 as a referendum on the November ballot.

Oil CEOs to Congress: Don’t blame us!

May 13, 2011 By John Wojcik

As public anger over high fuel prices and record oil company profits erupted across the nation, the major oil giants told lawmakers here that it's all beyond their control.