Last week on this blog, I wrote about Senator Arlen Specter's continuing his flip flopping on the issue of the Employee Free Choice Act . One of the reasons that Specter noted for his changing position on that legislation was the fact that the bill in Congress has now dropped one of its most controversial...
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John Hanlon
on 09-23-2009
Filed under: Employee Free Choice Act, Specter, John Hanlon
As the health care debate has dominated the news over the past few weeks, much of the media has been focusing on that important subject while losing sight about other important issues on President Obama's agenda this year. One such issue is the Employee Free Choice Act which several bloggers on this...
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John Hanlon
on 09-09-2009
Filed under: Employee Free Choice Act, health care reform, John Hanlon
With Labor Day weekend upon us, what better time is there to reflect on the state of unions and organized labor in America today? These days, the SEIU, the AFL-CIO, the National Education Association, all seem to be at the center of political debates whose outcomes could have far-reaching consequences...
Has anyone ever noticed how so much of Obama's agenda has to be passed "quickly." Everything has a sense of urgency to it. Obama has said that his nationalized health care won't happen if it doesn't happen this year. Democrats plan to pass new regulations to the US financial system...
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Matt Margolis
on 06-19-2009
Filed under: cap and trade, Employee Free Choice Act, health care