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
Conservatives, act not surprised. Yesterday, in an act that likely surprised few conservatives, Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) seemingly finished flip-flopping on the controversial issue of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). It was only a few short months ago that Senator Specter (then R-PA) stood up...
After switching political parties over a month ago, Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) was questioned about how his political views would change especially about issues such as card check, a piece of legislation that unions have been strongly pushing for this year. With a primary challenge possible in his...
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John Hanlon
on 06-07-2009
Filed under: Employee Free Choice Act, Specter, unions, senator
Jan Hamsher on the Huffington Post website had a new piece out yesterday noting a new compromise on the Employee Free Choice Act . She wrote that “ New compromise measures supported by Diane Feinstein and Arlen Specter may pave the way for the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)”...
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John Hanlon
on 05-10-2009
Filed under: Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, EFCA, Specter, primary