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Vote can save jobs, benefits, services

August 8, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

Connecticut state workers are now voting for the second time on a tentative agreement reached by their unions and Gov. Malloy to "save jobs, protect benefits and preserve services."

Eric Cantor: GOP drama queen with an agenda

July 18, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole

Cantor's most cruel political grandstanding came after the terrible tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., killing and injuring hundreds this year. Cantor proclaimed that he would block all federal relief funding for the suffering people of Joplin...

Bachmann and Santorum spark furor over slavery, “family values”

July 14, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

How much slack are voters likely to cut Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum for signing a racist, gay-bashing "family values" pledge as they pandered to the bigots in their campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination?

Wisconsin recalls, round one: Dems sweep

July 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg And Dominique Paul Noth

Despite GOP shenanigans, labor-backed Democratic State Senate hopefuls swept six races in the first round of Wisconsin's state recall elections.

Debt-ceiling showdown: a test of sanity

July 7, 2011 By John Case

The 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...