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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for S.1945 Patriot Employers Act</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/blog/45708</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Alliance for Worker Freedom</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-05:/commentary/3571848</id>
    <updated>2008-12-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Alliance for Worker Freedom - All RSS </name>
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Creates employer penalties for failure to sufficiently &#226;&#8364;&#339;consider&#226;&#8364;* these requests. Last Action: H.R. 4301 referred to House subcommittee (2/05/2008) / S. 2419 referred to Senate subcommittee (12/06/2007). S. 1945 &#226;&#8364;&#8220; Patriot Employers Act ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workerfreedom.org/index.php?content=YouTubeAWF&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Panel Discusses the Future of Employment Law at Business Policy ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-12:/commentary/3284254</id>
    <updated>2008-11-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Maryland Chamber Blog </name>
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1881), the Patriot Employers Act (S. 1945), the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (HR 579/S. 1843), the Healthy Families Act (HR 1902/S. 1085), and others. Listen to VanDeusen discuss what happened in the last Maryland General Assembly ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mdchamber.com/blog/2008/11/panel_discusses_the_future_of.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Obama and the &quot;Patriot Employer&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-09:/commentary/3251001</id>
    <updated>2008-11-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Coyote Blog </name>
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This is from the text of Senate Bill S. 1945 of which he is a co-sponsor (My snark is interspersed in italics): Patriot Employers are to be given tax breaks over unpatriotic employers (I presume this means that their tax rates will be ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/11/obama-and-the-patriot-employer.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The Potential Impact of the Obama Administration on the Labor and ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-05:/commentary/3224960</id>
    <updated>2008-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Washington Labor &amp;amp; Employment Wire </name>
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... wages and benefits and adopt a position of neutrality in unionization drives, was a centerpiece of the campaign of President-elect Obama, who co-sponsored the Senate version of the Patriot Employer Act (S. 1945) in August 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://washlaborwire.com/2008/11/05/the-potential-impact-of-the-obama-administration-on-the-labor-and-employment-legal-landscape/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Are You A Patriotic Employer?</title>
    <link href="http://lookaroundhr.com/2008/10/14/are-you-a-patriotic-employer/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-14:/commentary/3032857</id>
    <updated>2008-10-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Look Around HR </name>
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In case you were wondering what a patriotic employer is, here is the summary of the legislation (S.1945):. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer certified as a Patriot employer by the Secretary of the Treasury a tax ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lookaroundhr.com/2008/10/14/are-you-a-patriotic-employer/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Joe Biden Denounces Some Corporations as Unpatriotic</title>
    <link href="http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/10/13/joe-biden-denounces-some-corporations-as-unpatriotic/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-13:/commentary/3145538</id>
    <updated>2008-10-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Senator Obama has cosponsored legislation, S. 1945, to designate &#226;&#8364;&#339;Patriot Employers.&#226;&#8364;* Introduced by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and cosponsored by a leading trade opponent and labor ally, Sen. Sherrod Brown, the bill has been summarized by ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/10/13/joe-biden-denounces-some-corporations-as-unpatriotic/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Obama&amp;#39;s patriotism questioned</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-14:/commentary/1620425</id>
    <updated>2008-02-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Union News. </name>
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UPDATE (1:50 pm): Welcome, Instapundit and Jonah Goldberg readers, and thanks to them both. The bill Sen. Brown is talking about is S. 1945, introduced last August by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), with Brown and Obama as cosponsors. Sen. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/2008/02/obamas-patriotism-questioned.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>It Turns Out That I Am Not A Patriot</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-13:/commentary/1615391</id>
    <updated>2008-02-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Coyote Blog </name>
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This is from the text of Senate Bill S. 1945 of which he is a co-sponsor (My snark is interspersed in italics): Patriot Employers are to be given tax breaks over unpatriotic employers (I presume this means that their tax rates will be ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/02/it-turns-out-th.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>I Didn&amp;#39;t Think Obama Was A Big NRA Supporter</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-12:/commentary/1609178</id>
    <updated>2008-02-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Ed Driscoll.com </name>
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Here&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s the bill, S.1945. Set aside the fact that so many big Democrats, including the Kennedy clan with their offshore accounts, are total hypocrites on this. They&#226;&#8364;&#8482;re total hypocrites on this. And obviously they&#226;&#8364;&#8482;ll exempt themselves ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eddriscoll.com/archives/012834.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - S. 1945, The Patriot Employers Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-04:/commentary/3457328</id>
    <updated>2007-08-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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S. 1945, The Patriot Employers Act. S. 1945 would provide a Federal income tax credit for Patriot employers. Detailed Summary; Status of the Legislation; Points in Favor; Points Against ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200507038.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S. 1945, A bill to provide a Federal income tax credit for Patriot ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-01:/commentary/950947</id>
    <updated>2007-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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S. 1945 would provide a Federal income tax credit for Patriot employers....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1945.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: S. 1945: A bill to provide a Federal ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-01:/commentary/945623</id>
    <updated>2007-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>GovTrack.us Tracked Events </name>
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Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] introduced S. 1945: A bill to provide a Federal income tax credit for Patriot employers, and for other purposes. [This event matched these trackers: Introduced Legislation ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1945&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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