legislation
House Republicans quit bipartisan immigration group
September 24, 2013A blow was dealt against a possible bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House of Representatives when two more Republican members withdrew. However, immigrant rights activists vow that they will not be deterred.
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March on Washington’s powerful lessons for the environmental movement
September 4, 2013Like the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, the environmental movement has both moral and practical aspects. It needs a strategy that unites both inside and outside struggles and goals.
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Thousands shut down Chicago streets at ALEC meeting
August 9, 2013The demonstrators say ALEC is hurting just about everyone in America who is not part of the top one percent.
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Documents expose new ALEC scheme to kill clean energy
August 8, 2013"It is clear ALEC is working in secret to push state policies in an extreme right direction, but working families are standing up to this agenda."
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New Senate bill would virtually end USPS
August 6, 2013WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Carper has moved the United States Postal Service one big step closer to extinction this weekend by introducing his new Postal Reform Act (S. 1486).
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