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Cantor, GOP hoping to bring down Obama on debt ceiling
July 14, 2011Republicans appear ready to cause mass havoc for the United States - all for the chance to bring down President Obama.
Read moreLabor, democracy and the debt ceiling
July 13, 2011Discussing the negotiations on the debt ceiling got me thinking about some early experiences in the labor movement.
Read moreGOP bashes labor board
July 11, 2011Ruling Republicans on the intensely ideological House Education and the Workforce Committee seized on a National Labor Relations Board proposal to streamline union election processes to once again bash the agency and organized labor.
Read moreObama defends collective bargaining on Twitter
July 8, 2011Obama was using Twitter to go over the heads of the press corps, and to address people who don't read papers or watch TV but rely on social media.
Read moreDebt-ceiling showdown: a test of sanity
July 7, 2011The so-called "debt ceiling" crisis is upon us and it's becoming a test of sanity how long it will take all reasonable people to conclude that the Republican Party has painted its teeth orange, and jumped...
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