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Midterm campaigns go down to the wire
November 1, 2010President Obama summed up his closing arguments for the 2010 midterm election at a get-out-the-vote event here Saturday that was bigger than any election rally ever held in this city.
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Investing in clean transportation could create 3.7 million jobs
October 28, 2010Comprehensive energy and climate policies, and infrastructure spending on clean transportation, could create 3.7 million jobs in the U.S., a new study shows.
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“Without Ted Strickland I wouldn’t have my job”
October 25, 2010"Many pronounced the cause hopeless, but fortunately we had the support of this community and we had the support of Gov. Strickland."
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Union construction jobs at stake Nov. 2
October 25, 2010Midterm elections are next week and union construction jobs are up for grabs in California. Nonunion building contractors in the state, hungry for a bigger share of public sector projects in the wake of the building...
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Washington state Dems on a roll, vow fight for jobs
October 15, 2010With street-corner "waves" and grassroots energy, Washington state Democratic incumbents Norm Dicks and Patty Murray are "on a charge" to win.
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