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• Mar 01 When Sequestration Hits, Women and Children Bear Heavy Burden of Cuts Laura Reyes, Huffington Post Let's close the tax loopholes enjoyed by the wealthiest Americans before we make life far more difficult for the women and children struggling to get by in today's economy.
• Jan 15 Massive Cuts are Coming Unless We Work Together Lee Saunders, Huffington Post It’s time to pull together to prepare America for the future. Together, we must be part of the fight to make that happen.
• Nov 30 The Road to Jobs and Economic Growth Lee Saunders, Huffington Post One of the great lies of our time is that raising taxes on the wealthy hurts job creation and undermines economic growth.
• Aug 31 Labor Day and the Future of America Lee Saunders, Huffington Post We must do more to insure that future Americans live in a country where their voices can be heard and their freedom is secure. This Labor Day, and throughout the crucial next two months, we must show that we are equal to the task.
• Jul 20 Ending Bush tax cuts for rich would save about $80 billion in 2013, analysts say Washington Post A Republican proposal to preserve tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest households next year…
• Jul 12 The Road to More Jobs New York Times The Republicans’ relentless opposition to constructive policies has kept unemployment high…
• Oct 06 Why the GOP Won’t Vote on the American Jobs Act Gerald W. McEntee, Daily Kos Putting more people to work is the last thing House Republicans want to accomplish.
• Sep 27 State Worker Benefits Threatened as U.S. Supercommittee Considers Cuts Jennifer Oldham and Holly Rosenkrantz , Bloomberg A congressional supercommittee is seeking another $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction, which may cut deeply into federal aid to states and cities amid an already slowing economy.
• Aug 03 Labor Steamed at Debt Deal, But Do They Blame Obama? Shushannah Walshe , ABC News President Obama met for more than hour with the executive committee of the AFL-CIO Tuesday morning, the same day he would sign the deal raising the debt ceiling, averting disaster, but angering the labor movement—a core Democratic constituency.
• Aug 02 Stalemate in Senate Leaves 4,000 Out of Work at F.A.A. Edward Wyatt, New York Times Senate negotiators tried and failed on Tuesday to end a stalemate over temporary financing for the Federal Aviation Administration.
• Aug 02 Fewer cops, more potholes: How debt deal could hit states hardest Patrick Wall, Christian Science Monitor The debt-and-deficit bill will slash aid to states already reeling from the recession.
• Jul 22 Unions Go After Gang Of Six Deficit-Cutting Plan: 'It Would Kill Jobs' Michael McAuliff & Elise Foley, Huffington Post Unions are coming down hard on the so-called "Gang of Six" deficit-cutting plan, blasting the bipartisan proposal with a harsh ad set to come out Friday in Capitol-focused publications.
• Jul 14 Why Unemployment Makes the Tea Party Happy Gerald W. McEntee, Firedoglake Tea party Republicans see political benefit from increasing unemployment with Pres. Obama at the helm.
• Jul 13 Debt Ceiling Medicaid Cuts: Union Lobbies Democratic Senators For Help Samuel Haass, Huffington Post AFSCME urges moderate Senate Democrats to reject debt ceiling proposals that would cut Medicaid funding.
• Jul 10 Labor angered by Obama's willingness to cut Social Security in debt ceiling deal Kevin Bogardus, The Hill “I think this is a huge political mistake,” said AFSCME legislative director Chuck Loveless.
• Jun 24 Austerity Is Already Here, and It's Killing the Recovery Daniel Indiviglio, The Atlantic State and local government spending has already declined, dampening growth and hiring.
• May 18 Unions to lawmakers: Take away corporate tax expenditures to pay down deficit Bernie Becker, The Hill Organized labor and other groups are pushing Congress to eliminate corporate tax breaks and use the extra revenue to pay down the deficit.
• May 15 Federal worker pensions emerge as target in debt-reduction talks Lori Montgomery, Washington Post Republicans have proposed saving more than $120 billion over the next decade by requiring the civilian workforce to contribute more toward retirement.
• Apr 28 Budget cuts slice programs for ex-inmates Kevin Johnson, USA Today Cuts in probation and parole programs could undermine recent successes in shrinking bloated prison populations
• Apr 21 OSHA marks 40th anniversary with tough stance against funding cuts The Hill The federal agency that oversees worker health and safety is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month by preparing for a showdown with lawmakers focused on slashing the deficit and cutting red tape.
• Apr 20 Poll shows Americans oppose entitlement cuts to deal with debt problem Jon Cohen and Dan Balz, The Washington Post Despite growing concerns about the country’s long-term fiscal problems and an intensifying debate in Washington about how to deal with them, Americans strongly oppose some of the major remedies under consideration, according to a recent poll.
• Apr 19 Book bind: Public libraries feel strain of budget cuts Tony Pugh, McClatchey The tough economy is forcing many branches to cut staff, hours and programming.
• Apr 12 Federal budget cuts hit health, labor, education hardest PHILIP RUCKER, Dispatch Politics More than half of $38 billion in spending cuts hit education, labor and health programs.
• Apr 08 GOP Budget Slashes Pell Grants Julie Margetta Morgan, Center for American Progress The House Budget Committee's budget proposal contained unprecedented cuts to the Pell Grant program.
• Feb 18 Obama’s transportation budget creates jobs, cuts pollution, and increases security Emily Bischof, Climate Progress President Obama announced the Federal transportation budget for FY2012, to create jobs and cut pollution.
• Dec 15 Secretary Of Labor Discusses Green Jobs U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Perspectives on Work U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis entertains questions from Perspectives on Work on the topic of green jobs. (Perspectives on Work, Winter 2010)