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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:17 AM Original message |
Democrats Drop Key Part of Bill to Assist Unions |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. But arbitration remains in - and that is a real prize |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. glad that part's still in there. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Thank you for this info. Made me feel much better. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Shocked! I'm shocked, I tell you! |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Ha! |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. the Other Right strikes again |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. 60 votes! Gotta get those 60 votes! Donate TODAY! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. 60 is the new 51. n/t |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well, they've GOT 60, so I guess 70 is the new 60. |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. 70? no no no... they need 80. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. more like the new 49 |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. My future donations |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. Funny - I thought the DEMOCRATS won in November |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. All workers should be a member of a union and all companies/institutions should recognize them |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. The solution is fewer republican senators |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. We have a majority already... |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Hi Mr. Bowden |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Will have to trust you... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. And fewer Blue Dogs and DLC types. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. nope... less Blue Dog conservo Dems |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. ... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. WTF? Too chicken to repeal existing law, they are going to give employers a little less time |
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MsLeopard (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. Fake Democrats |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. "..to Assist Unions..." - No, NYT, it's to assist WORKERS. To assist PEOPLE |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Those half dozen Senators are NOT friendly to labor |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. I amk so fucking pissed off |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Better make it 110, just to be on the safe side. We can stack them. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. Until some restraints are placed on "Free Trade",... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. Fucking make the GOP filibuster. Make them do it and go on the airwaves proclaiming them as the |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. Those fuckers |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
22. This part of the artcile should read like this: |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
24. This isn't some major sellout as some are making it out to be |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. As long as they don't cave on the more important (IMO) provisions in the bill |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Yes, it is a major sell-out (n/t) |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. They should also be barred from firing anyone during those 5-10 days. |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. Fuck that shit, start sending attack ads to the blue dog districts |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. . |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
28. "friendly to labor"??? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. sigh... doesn't really surprise me... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
30. way to neuter the bill, dems. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think the secret ballot is essential to unionism. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Then you have no idea of what has been going on over the last 30 yrs in the union movement. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Read the July issue of Harper's to see how employers subvert the secret ballot |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. You are evidently ignorant of the facts |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Was that decision |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
67. Fuck you, conservative. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. More change we can believe in. They just gutted the main point............ |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. Ahhh, the joys of one-party corporate rule... |
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DaveT (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. Card Check was a pipe dream from the start. |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Great Post. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. I'm sure the ambiguity of the headline was unintentional. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Could have been worse: Democrats Make Democrats Drop Key Provision To Hurt Unions. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. Dems cut off another of the groups that got them into the majority |
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foginthemorn (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. We may be doing just that--saying Hello to Boner. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. Framing corrupy DINO's as "moderates" has done more to harm the nation over the years |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #47 |
64. and every media outlet is/ has been doing this |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. "several moderate Democrats opposed the card-check" |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. nice dog and pony show though |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. ha...that pretty much sums up my mood as I browse this site today |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. This is it, for me. This is the litmus test which will determine my continued support of this party |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. They'll worry about the fallout at election time |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
58. We need to demand an up or down vote so we can flush these weasels to the surface. |
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badgervan (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
59. Why... |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
60. I might as well vote for a third-party or join the IWW if they keep this up! |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
61. These so called moderates should have to vote on the record for or against |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
63. The media shows their bias by calling them "moderate Democrats" |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. Could be a "Red-Herring" n/t |
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