split senate delegations less common in recent years
That was the in the past five decades, according to Pew Research Center analysis of Senate data going back to Congress. ..…
as gerrymandering and voter suppression spread, how do the people
Whitford, a political gerrymandering case in Wisconsin, in which Republicans rewrote the state’s district lines, Democrats are contending, for partisan and unconstitutional purposes. ... In the case of Wisconsin, Republicans used sophisticated computer models to redraw..…
what will it take for unions to survive janus?
Phil: Wisconsin also illustrates why relying on the Democrats is such a dead-end strategy for the unions. ..…
monthly review
Despite somewhat different tactics, both Republicans and Democrats, as parties of Wall Street, aim to impose austerity on the working class order to deal with the fiscal crisis of the state. ..…
supreme court decisions could influence presidential campaign
Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum asked Democrats Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey this Suppose during attempted partial-birth abortion the infant, instead of being just almost delivered, with only few inches of skull remaining in the birth canal, slips out..…
ashcroft rebuts senate critics
Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, said outside the committee room. 'Any suggestion that this process is anything other than appropriate is wrong, and the attorney general knows that.' . ..…
both sides soften stance on military tribunals
Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, said yesterday, 'I want this clear: I do not oppose the concept of tribunals categorically. ..…
the three leakers and what to do about them
The most important bill is cosponsored by Jim Sensenbrenner, a Republican from Wisconsin in his thirty-fifth year in Congress, and Senator Patrick Leahy, the veteran Democrat from Vermont. ..…
american indians, evironmentalists fight weakened wisconsin mining
More than 350 people gathered in the cold at Wisconsin State Capitol this week to protest proposed change in state mining regulations that environmentalists and Native Americans fear will pollute streams and waters near Lake Superior. ..…
occupy/union led protests greet chicago mayor rahm emanuel in
A coalition of activists from Occupy Milwaukee, Occupy Chicago, Occupy the Hood-Milwaukee, Occupy the Hood-Chicago, Occupy Riverwest, Students for a Democratic Society, Peace Action WI, Southside Together Organizing for Power, the Milwaukee Coalition to Protest NATO, Progressive Democrats of America,..…
fewer are angry at government, but discontent remains high
The public's overall views of labor unions have changed little through the stalemate between Wisconsin's and the state's employee unions over collective bargaining rights. Democrats and people union households are more likely to say they have very favorable opinion of labor unions Pew..…
shouts of “shame” as wisconsin republicans pass anti-union bill
Shame as Wisconsin Republicans Pass Anti-Union Bill Through Assembly. ... Scott Walker's anti-union legislation through Wisconsin State Assembly this afternoon. ..…
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