GOP
Boehner says he’ll block whatever Senate GOP can’t kill
June 20, 2013Boehner's statement is important because it gives his 234-member caucus a virtual veto over what Congress does, regardless of the Senate.
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Hearings held on ‘right-to-work’ in Ohio
June 17, 2013The Manufacturing & Workforce Development Committee of the Ohio legislature, unanimously voted to table three so-called 'right-to-work' bills.
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House GOP unveils two more anti-NLRB, anti-union bills
June 14, 2013The radical right GOP majority on the House Education and the Workforce Committee continued its anti-worker crusade.
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House GOP defeated again on prevailing wages
June 6, 2013By a 231-192 tally, yet another House Republican move to trash workers' rights and incomes went down the drain on June 4.
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Labor Department could lose almost a third of its funds
June 5, 2013The potential cuts dismay Democrats. They also already draw an implicit veto threat from the Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget.
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