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Vote for Paid Sick Leave

The Real Agenda Behind Voter Suppression

October 05, 2011
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L.A.'s Living Wage Ordinance Isn't a Job Killer

September 21, 2011
US Capitol building

Darrel Issa’s Government Handover

January 05, 2011

Cry Wolf Quotes

We have a stagnant economy and there is nothing down the road that makes it look like we're going to have the kind of economic growth that puts people to work.

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Rep. John Kasich (R-OH), CNN.

Kyoto is an economic weapon designed to undermine the global competitiveness and economic superiority of the United States.

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Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
07/28/2003 | Full Details | Law(s): Kyoto Treaty

I am vitally concerned about the thousands of teenagers and young adults who will either lose their jobs or be rendered unemployable in the unskilled labor markets as the result of increasing the minimum wage to $2.50 or more per hour.

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Eldon Rudd (R-AZ), Congressional Record.
04/26/1977 | Full Details | Law(s): Minimum Wage

[I] vow[ed] to fight against socialized medicine….On healthcare, I agree with the President that we need to get costs under control…I can also say without hesitation, that the quality of healthcare in this county is second to none -- and sacrificing quality to achieve these necessary reforms is not acceptable. A single payer, government run healthcare system is the worst possible way to achieve this goal.

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Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
02/26/2010 | Full Details | Law(s): Affordable Care Act

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