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2007-11-09 Home Front: Politix

White House victory as House Dems support Peru trade deal

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Posted by Steve White 2007-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Defying appeals from labor leaders..

By the way, were have all you guys been while the new helot class was imported by employers. I'd thought a real [honest] labor leader would be leading the civil side of the house exposing employers doing such dastardly deeds. Ah, what the ~~piece of the action~~ automatic union dues deduction does to move greed and power over principle.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-11-09 08:38|| 2007-11-09 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 No government workers have lost their jobs to undocumented workers. So why should the unions have a problem?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-11-09 09:03|| 2007-11-09 09:03|| Front Page Top

#3 "desire of Wall Street and the high technology, health, pharmaceutical and entertainment industries to expand their sales overseas. These industries have also become major Democratic contributors. "

I suspect pro-trade constituencies are more important in explaining this vote than any non-lame duckness on the part of dubya.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2007-11-09 09:57|| 2007-11-09 09:57|| Front Page Top

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