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Dinero del carbón del senador millonario Joe Manchin

December 28, 2021 By John Wojcik

“Vamos a votar una versión revisada de la Ley de Reconstruir Mejor, aprobada por la Cámara, y seguiremos votando hasta que hagamos algo”

Affordable child care closer than ever, but only if Build Back Better passes

November 10, 2021 By Mary Clare Jalonick And Lisa Mascaro

“There’s a lot of rhetoric about families and all, but it’s B.S.,” Hawaii’s Sen. Mazie Hirono said. “So now, we’re finally at a precipice where we can provide this kind of support.”

Workers welcome OSHA emergency antivirus standard; GOP doesn’t

November 5, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Standard sharply reduces the fear workers have had to go to work with uncertainty about getting infected with the virus and fear of unpaid sick time.

Senate plows through budget, rejecting most GOP ‘social issue’ schemes

August 11, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

The blueprint passed could produce historic pro-worker change if lawmakers respond to the mass movements and their election mandates.

Labor, green groups unite to push Jobs Plan and Families Plan

June 30, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Congress seems hell-bent on passing a stripped-down version of the Jobs Plan and—thanks to rigid Senate Republican opposition and filibuster threats—doing nothing at all about the Families Plan.