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Take Action: Now or Never on Health Care Charlie Crist at Space Coast:Progress Florida
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Governor short on specifics about life after shuttles -
Bill McCollum uses health care block to burnish his conservative credentials
Oil drilling researchers face deadline
Raising the Floor for American Workers
Employers unexpectedly cut jobs in December | Reuters
Beware Liberal Trolls
Mr. 9/11 Gets Amnesia: 'We Had No Domestic Attacks Under Bush; We've Had One Under Obama'
It’s not a bailout

Take Action: Now or Never on Health Care
Pledge Now to Call Your Representative Wednesday for Health Care Reform That Works for Working Families After a long, hard fight, we’re down to our final opportunities to make sure that health care reform passed this year works for working families.

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Charlie Crist at Space Coast: Governor short on specifics about life after shuttles - OrlandoSentinel.com
PORT CANAVERAL — With the Space Coast facing the loss of as many as 19,000 jobs when the space shuttle is retired later this year, Gov. Charlie Crist came to town to check out what the state might be able to do to soften the blow.

Bill McCollum uses health care block to burnish his conservative credentials
As Congress negotiates the final version of health care reform legislation there is a move to derail the effort through legal action among Republican lawmakers and state attorneys general, including Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.

Oil drilling researchers face deadline
ORLANDO - A group that stands to have considerable influence over the future of oil drilling off the Florida coast is unlikely to present its findings to the Legislature until the first week of March.

Raising the Floor for American Workers
Comprehensive immigration reform that legalizes currently unauthorized immigrants and creates flexible legal limits on future immigration in the context of full labor rights would help American workers and the U.S. economy.

Employers unexpectedly cut jobs in December | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 85,000 jobs in December, cooling optimism on the labor market's recovery and keeping pressure on President Barack Obama to find ways to spur job growth.

Beware Liberal Trolls
Tea Party Email Warns Members: Beware Liberal Trolls Like Rachel Maddow - 1/7/09

Mr. 9/11 Gets Amnesia: 'We Had No Domestic Attacks Under Bush; We've Had One Under Obama' (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire
Rudy Giuliani, the man who was mayor of New York City during the 9/11 attacks, appeared on Good Morning America today to say President Obama should take lessons from former President George W. Bush on how to prevent a terrorist attack. "What [Obama] should be doing is following the right things Bush did. One of the right things he did was treat this as a war on terror. We had no domestic attacks under Bush. We've had one under Obama," Giuliani said.

It’s not a bailout | floridatoday.com
“County votes to bail out developer,” and letters to the editor regarding a County Commission decision on the Riverbend Pineapple Partners’ affordable housing project have mischaracterized the program as a bailout for a developer.

Taking on the San Francisco Hilton | SocialistWorker.org
Carl Finamore, a delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council, reports on the latest developments in the San Francisco hotel workers' struggle.