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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO Now Operating 'Firewall' 2010 Strategy As Emergency Protection Against 'Speaker' Boehner

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bracing for the possibility that Democrats could lose control of the House of Representatives in the fall, one of the top labor unions in the country ...

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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO: Election A 'Real Condemnation' Of Lincoln, Runoff Not 'Problematic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The nation's largest union conglomerate predicted on Wednesday that it has the enthusiasm and momentum to defeat Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) in the ...

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Sam Stein

AFL-CIO May Work Against Specter In Republican Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the highest-ranking political operatives in the labor movement offered a none-too-subtle electoral threat to Sen. Arlen Specter on Wednesday, s...

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