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Congress Should Work a Five Day Week Pettion!!
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Robert
- 3 days ago - petitions.moveon.org
Our elected officials in Washington work only three or four days and spend the rest of the time fundraising. It is time for them to work at least five days a week like those they govern.
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As Maine Goes... a Bipartisan Call to Overturn 'Citizens United' By John Nichols
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Robert
- 48 days ago - thenation.com
When the Maine State House voted 111-33 this week to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the US Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the support for this bold gesture was notably bipartisan. Twenty-five Re
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MacIver Institute Ideologues Manage to Turn Lemonade Into Lemons
Business  (tags: corruption, dishonesty, americans, ethics, lies, media, politics, propaganda, republicans, usa, labor, society, corruption, economy, government )

JL
- 50 days ago - prwatch.org
So how close is Walker to his pledge to create 250,000 jobs? The Capital Times ran the numbers correctly, and their data count indicates that Wisconsin has 64,500 more jobs in February 2013 than it did in January 2011.
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Having Spent Millions Influencing Three Branches of Government, Kochs Look to Buy Fourth Estate
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Chris
- 54 days ago - prwatch.org
Koch's Americans for Prosperity has also increasingly grown active in state and local judicial races, spending millions to influence traditionally non-partisan elections for judge. The Kochs have also funded groups like the Federalist Society,
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Pete Peterson Linked Economists Caught in Austerity Error
Business  (tags: abuse, cover-up, ethics, dishonesty, lies, media, propaganda, republicans, economy, usa, dishonesty, corporate, business, money, lies, politics, society, investing, GoodNews, cover-up, abuse )

JL
- 54 days ago - prwatch.org
A team of economists at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at UMass Amherst broke a huge story this week that was promptly picked up by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, &newspapers around the globe. The economi
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Take Action:Stop the Attacks on Our Rights at Work
Business  (tags: congress, crime, ethics, government, abuse, americans, propaganda, politics, republicans, usa, u.s., business, corporate, society, labor, law )

JL
- 69 days ago - action.cwa-union.org
Republicans in the House are trying to pass H.R. 1120, a bill that will prevent the National Labor Relations Board from enforcing labor laws.
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New Report Exposes Extreme ALEC Agenda in Arizona
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JL
- 70 days ago - prwatch.org
Seventeen bills introduced in the Arizona legislature in 2013 can be tied to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and every member of the Republican leadership in the state are current or recent ALEC members, according to a new report
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Take Action: Tell Congress: Raise the Minimum Wage
Business  (tags: corruption, dishonesty, congress, abuse, americans, government, ethics, economy, freedoms, lies, republicans, propaganda, usa, u.s., business, money, marketing, labor, law )

JL
- 85 days ago - act.credoaction.com
At just $7.25 an hour, or roughly $15,080 per year, the current federal minimum wage is leaving millions of hardworking Americans in poverty.There is not a single state in America where a worker earning the current federal minimum wage can afford an aver
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Take Action: Tell Albany: We Need Good Jobs, Not Giveaways for the 1%
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, ethics, government, lies, propaganda, republicans, media, usa, politics, economy, investing, investments, investors, labor, law, humans, marketing, money, society, economy )

JL
- 93 days ago - alignny.org
It's time we get our money's worth. Help us build a better future for all New Yorkers - that means putting our tax dollars back into our communities and not into the pockets of the 1%.
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The Congressman, the Safari King, and the Woman Who Tried to Look Like a Cat
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JL
- 96 days ago - motherjones.com
How did the chair of the House ethics committee end up on a corporate-backed African safari? Meet the shadowy nonprofit that throws some of DC's finest junkets.
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Take Action: Tax Wall Street Speculation
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JL
- 96 days ago - democracyforamerica.com
Air traffic controllers & pre-school teachers are being furloughed or laid off. Mental health programs, scientific research, & unemployment benefits are being slashed -- all thanks to the sequester. Meanwhile, Wall Street speculators just had their best
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Take Action:We Need a Watchdog for Big Banks
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JL
- 98 days ago - jeffmerkley.com
To prevent the abuses that led to the Great Recession, Americans need a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama's nominee, former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, is eminently qualified & will be a strong watchdog for consumer
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TAKE ACTION: Tell Your Representatives to Protect Dedicated Funding for Older Workers, Veterans and Individuals With Disabilitie
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, government, lies, military, republicans, propaganda, usa, politics, Govtfearmongering, investing, humans, investments, labor, law, society, usa, abuse, business, corporate, dishonesty, e )

JL
- 99 days ago - capwiz.com
As early as March 14th, the U.S. House of Representatives may vote on H.R. 803, legislation to consolidate 35 existing federal job training programs into a single state block grant
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Study Shows Super PACs Made Mockery of Campaign Law
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JL
- 102 days ago - thehill.com
The court further assumed that legally defined independent expenditures are independent in reality. But this did not prove true in 2012
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'Pay-to-Play' Corruption: Chevron, Campaign Contributions and Government Contracts
Business  (tags: candidates, abuse, congress, corruption, dishonesty, crime, ethics, government, republicans, politics, usa, oil, money, marketing, law, investments, investors, investing, finance, dishonesty, corporate, business )

JL
- 102 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The problem: Chevron Corp. is a government contractor and is prohibited by law from making contributions to federal candidates, parties and committees, including to the new phenomenon of "independent-expenditure-only" super PACs.
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