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19-Dec-11

Published 19 Dec, 2011 House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a news conference proclaimed his party’s intentions of voting down a measure passed last week by the Senate. The Senate voted in a bipartisan fashion (89-10) to extend payroll tax cuts and some unemployment benefits, yet the House is once again holding the American middle…

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Who’s Fixing Your Plane? Do You Know?

Who’s Fixing Your Plane? Do You Know? Published 13 Jun, 2011 In the airline industry, we like to fix our problems on the ground. Tow trucks can’t help at 30,000 feet. Mechanics and other ground workers employed at U.S. airlines take great pride in making the U.S. air transportation system the safest and most reliable…

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What’s behind sinking poll numbers for GOP governors?

Published 11 Jul, 2011 A question for GOP governors: How’s that “bash-the-workers” thing working out for you? Not so well, according to public opinion polls. Republican governors leading the charge to cut health care, gut pensions, and cancel bargaining rights for public employees have seen their approval ratings tank. Rick Scott, who cut $8 billion…

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On Jobs and the Economy: It’s Put-Up or Shut-Up Time

Published 11 Sep, 2011 An unlikely trio, the president of the AFL-CIO, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and the President of the United States of America last month stood in the White House Rose Garden and called for the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act. President Obama again drew the link between transportation…

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