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Paycheck Fairness Act Fails After Every Republican Senator Votes Against It

The legislation aimed to increase workplace protections for women by closing loopholes in the landmark Equal Pay Act of 1963. The bill — which also died in the Senate at…

Trail Tidbits: House leader leaves; Zuckerman shoots for Senate; Tillinghast …

Trail Tidbits: House leader leaves; Zuckerman shoots for Senate; Tillinghast …

Party leaders Don Turner, Chris Pearson and Lucy Leriche meeting with Speaker Shap Smith at the podium. VTD/Josh Larkin House leader decides not to run Rep. Lucy Leriche, House majority…

Lily Ledbetter Blocked By Repubs

Lily Ledbetter Blocked By Repubs

Lily Ledbetter You can read the rest of this article at: http://lezgetreal.com/2012/06/lily-ledbetter-blocked-by-repubs/…

Senate Republicans vote against and block Paycheck Fairness Act

In a straight party-line vote on Tuesday, Senate Republicans shot down a bill aimed at providing additional protections to victims of pay discrimination due to gender. According to the bill…

Obama a socialist? Many scoff, but claim persists

NEW YORK (AP) – When President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce. “Forward,” they asserted, is a word long associated with…

Sen. Bernie Sanders urges President Obama to reject another term for CFTC’s …

Sen. Bernie Sanders urges President Obama to reject another term for CFTC’s …

Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pressured President Obama on Monday to reject another term for Chairman Gary Gensler of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In a letter to the…

Obama a socialist? Many scoff, but claim persists

NEW YORK — When President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce. “Forward,” they asserted, is a word long associated with Europe’s…

Obama ‘Socialist’ Claim Persists On Right Despite Inaccuracies

NEW YORK — When President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce. “Forward,” they asserted, is a word long associated with Europe’s…

Obama a Socialist? Many Scoff, but Claim Persists

Obama a Socialist? Many Scoff, but Claim Persists

When President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce.      “Forward,” they asserted, is a word long associated with Europe’s radical…

Obama a socialist? Many scoff, but claim persists

NEW YORK — When President Obama’s re-election campaign recently unveiled its new slogan, some conservative critics were quick to pounce. “Forward,” they asserted, is a word long associated with Europe’s…