Archive for March, 2009
Business, unions swarm Hill – Glenn Thrush – POLITICO.com
Monday, March 9th, 2009Mary L. Landrieu wavers on supporting the Employee Free Choice Act.
The Employee Free Choice Act’s fate increasingly hinges on Sens. Blanche L. Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) — two wavering moderates who would love to dodge the controversy.
As Big Labor and Big Business gird for a free-for-all on the Employee Free Choice Act, [...]
CQ Politics | Political Gender Bias Remains Alive and Well
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009When she was running for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton would recount the story of how a 90-year-old female supporter once shook her hand at a rally. The woman explained that she had been born before all women won the right to vote in 1920, and now she could shake the hand of a woman who [...]
Congresswoman Schakowsky: Pushing for More After the Lily Ledbetter Act
Sunday, March 1st, 2009February 23,2009 – by Allison Stevens, Washington Bureau Chief, Women’s ENews
Rep. Jan Schakowsky is hoping for a “big change moment” to tackle women’s concerns.
WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)–In June, Michelle Obama made a last-minute decision to take time out of her campaign schedule to speak at the annual fundraising luncheon for the National Partnership for Women and Families, [...]
Liberal Groups Are Flexing New Muscle in Lobby Wars – NYTimes.com
Sunday, March 1st, 2009WASHINGTON — When Newt Gingrich’s Congress was moving full-speed in its efforts to shrink the government more than a dozen years ago, Ralph G. Neas, an indefatigable champion of liberal causes, threw up his hands and declared that his side had been outmaneuvered.
via Liberal Groups Are Flexing New Muscle in Lobby Wars – NYTimes.com.
