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  • AFL to White House: 'Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

    www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0610/AFL_to_White_House_Labor_isnt_an_arm_of_the...

    The major labor federation AFL-CIO took sharp objection tonight to a White House official's assessment that they'd "flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toilet" in the "pointless exercise" of supporting the failed bid of Bill Halter to unseat Sen. Blanche Lincoln.

    
    

  • AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Halter Falls Short in Arkansas; Billionaire Whitman Buys California Win

    blog.aflcio.org/2010/06/09/halter-falls-short-in-arkansas-billionaire-whitman-bu...

    In the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary runoff yesterday, working families came within a few thousand votes of unseating a two-term incumbent. Meanwhile, in California, this fall’s governor’s race will pit Main Street vs. Wall Street following yesterday’s primary elections

    
    

  • SEIU.org | Tell the Senate: Let's Create Jobs

    action.seiu.org/page/speakout/jobs

    The only real way to lower the deficit in the long run is to grow our economy. And the smartest way to grow our economy is to create jobs – good jobs with good wages and benefits.The Senate could begin voting on a jobs package on Friday. We’ve got to send a message loud and clear – American workers need the Senate to step up, and pass the jobs bill

    
    

  • DCCC | Oil Spill is 'not an environmental disaster'? Sign our petition to set GOP Rep Young straight

    www.dccc.org/page/s/young

    GOP Congressman Don Young says the Gulf oil spill is "not an environmental disaster."
    
    Let's set Congressman Don Young straight. Sign the petition below telling Don Young to stop defending Big Oil and denying the impact of the Gulf oil disaster.

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  • Take Action: Tell the Senate to help the jobless

    www.unionvoice.org/campaign/senatejobless

    Tell the Senate to help the jobless
    For over a year, JwJ has been sounding the alarm that we are in an economic crisis calling for bold action and that there is no such thing as a "jobless recovery." But leaders in Washington DC still don't get it

    
    
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    PolitiFact Florida | Kendrick Meek's position on offshore oil drilling remains mostly consistent

    www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2010/may/26/kendrick-meek/kendrick-meeks-p...

    "Kendrick Meek is the only candidate who has consistently been against expanded drilling."
    Kendrick Meek on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 in his campaign website, asking supporters to sign a petition to oppose offshore oil drilling

    
    

  • PolitiFact Florida | Bill McCollum sends mixed signals on Arizona's immigration law

    www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2010/may/27/bill-mccollum/bill-mccollum-se...

    Arizona's controversial immigration law has proven problematic for Florida Republicans, who in large part appear wary of fully endorsing a proposal that's supported by a majority of Floridians but one that also could cost votes among Florida's Hispanic population.

    
    

  • If America’s Unemployed Stood Shoulder to Shoulder « Main Street

    www.workingamerica.org/blog/2010/06/08/if-americas-unemployed-stood-shoulder-to-...

    If the 15 million unemployed workers in this country stood side-by-side, literally shoulder to shoulder, they would stretch from Bangor, Maine to Los Angeles, California… and back again

    
    

  • Obama's Support For Unlimited Oil Spill Liability May Not Include BP: Congressman

    www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/obamas-support-for-unlimi_n_604282.html

    Congressional officials are worried that despite the White House's endorsement of unlimited liability for oil companies involved in damaging spills, a new statement of presidential policy may not actually cover the current crisis in the Gulf.

    
    

  • In Lincoln's struggle, a cautionary tale for centrist Democrats

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    www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/06/AR2010060603294.html

    If the defeat of Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) at his state party convention last month was an uprising of the conservative grass roots, and the loss three weeks ago by Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) revealed the perils of a party switch, then the runoff fight that Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) faces Tuesday is indicative of what happens when you cross a major -- and majorly well-funded -- interest group.