We are holding a 24 hour vigil for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act during this Memorial Day congressional recess.
AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Associated Press) - A Republican Senate candidate in Arkansas under fire for reportedly referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Je...
Jane Hamsher | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics
With 900,000 union members in the state of Pennsylvania, the Arlen Specter firewall appears to be crumbling.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics
Whether out of despair, frustration, or the political calculus that more sheer aggression is needed, labor officials and progressives are taking a far...
Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
Firing someone for expressing an opinion should be branded "un-American" and identified as something you would expect from a dictatorial regime
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
Sen. Blanche Lincoln's decision to oppose the union-backed Employee Free Choice Act, two years after supporting it, seemed at the time to take a thorn...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business
I am very hopeful that card check is dead for this Congress. The issue is divisive, harmful, and not a good use of time by anyone.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
Enough. Now that she has thrown another obstacle in the path of the Employee Free Choice Act, Blanche Lincoln must face a well-funded primary opponent in 2010.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics
Senator Blanche Lincoln on Monday announced that she would vote against the Employee Free Choice Act. But later she elaborated, leaving the door open ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics
In what is, perhaps, the most devastating blow yet to the fate of the Employee Free Choice Act, Sen. Blanche Lincoln said on Monday that she will oppo...
Art Levine | Posted 05.04.2009 | Home
While some Washington pundits have declared the Employee Free Choice Act essentially dead because Republican Senator Arlen Sp...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
We must not allow the Blue Dogs to slow down President Obama's momentum or water down the sweeping reforms the nation needs in these trying economic times.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in Congress on Tuesday, marking the official launch of what promises to be a fierce legislative battle. L...
Art Levine | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
Despite all the scare-mongering, union strategists are growing increasingly confident that they'll be able to hold on to the few past supporters of the legislation.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
Officials tasked with helping push the Employee Free Choice Act through Congress are growing concerned about the possible defection of Senate Democrat...
ProPublica | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business
Given widespread criticism from both right and left over how the Bush administration has handled the first $350 billion, opposition is to be expected.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...
The Hill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Environmental groups typically allied with Democrats are taking aim at centrist Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), accusing her of doing the bidding of Ar...
Stewart Acuff | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics