$200 million dollars. That is the latest amount pledged, out of general treasury funds, by AFL-CIO bosses to spend on the 2008 presidential and congressional elections. The focus of much of their ire will be Sen. John McCain. Political director…
Sen. Barack Obama was critical of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) when they were working for Sen. John Edwards. But now that they are working and spending on his behalf, we have yet to hear a word. Before the…
The Las Vegas Review Journal eloquently details the stakes of the upcoming Supreme Court’s case from Maine.
California voters rejected Proposition 93, an effort that would have allowed members of the California State Legislature to remain in their current office up to 12 years — longer than they are currently allowed under California’s existing term limits. While…
From Roll Call newspaper (subscription needed): The Service Employees International Union [SEIU] would like to deliver a filibuster-proof Senate to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in November, and the 1.9 million-strong union plans on spending a significant chunk of its…
Maryland Congressman Al Wynn is a reliable pro-Big Labor Democrat, but to some union bosses, he not good enough. Wynn is under assault from liberal bloggers, Big Labor and left-wing groups because of his support for some initiatives that help…
Union bosses don’t have much reverence for elections. Their efforts to gut worker elections by enacting the Card Check Scam Bill are prima facie evidence. So we are watching with amusement as members of the Nevada Service Employees International Union…
The Weekly Standard has noticed how much Big Labor plans to spend in the upcoming national elections and what they intend to buy after they finish: The AFL-CIO is planning to spend $53.4 million on get-out-the-vote efforts during the 2008…