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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for S.2123 Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/blog/46474</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Alliance for Worker Freedom</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-04:/commentary/3586356</id>
    <updated>2008-12-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Alliance for Worker Freedom - All RSS </name>
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Last Action: H.R. 980 passed House (314-97) (Vote # 633, 7/17/2007); Senate cloture motion withdrawn by unanimous consent (5/15/2008) / S. 2123 referred to Senate committee (10/1/2007). ...&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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  <entry>
    <title>Mandatory Public-Safety Collective Bargaining Could be Made Less ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-01:/commentary/3397364</id>
    <updated>2008-11-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Heritage Foundation Papers: Asia </name>
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As written, S. 2123 would force every state to subject merit promotions and disciplinary standards to collective bargaining, protecting irresponsible workers at the expense of public safety. Congress should exempt merit promotions, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heritage.org/research/labor/wm1923.cfm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>North Carolina&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Union Movement &#194;&#187; Sen. John McCain Doesn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t Like Unions</title>
    <link href="http://aflcionc.org/blog/2008/05/15/sen-john-mccain-doesnt-like-unions/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-23:/commentary/3397365</id>
    <updated>2008-10-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>North Carolina's Union Movement </name>
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McCain Did NOT Co-Sponsor the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act. McCain did not co-sponsor S. 2123, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, legislation to grant fire fighters and police officers minimum ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://aflcionc.org/blog/2008/05/15/sen-john-mccain-doesnt-like-unions/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Politico on YouTube - Politico Staff - Politico.com</title>
    <link href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14370.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/3432153</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Crypt's Blogs </name>
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(H.R. 3061, Vote 323, 11/6/01; S. 2123, 10/1/07; H.R. 980, Vote 126, 5/13/08)McCain Voted Against Collective Bargaining Rights for TSA Screeners. McCain voted against a measure to grant Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14370.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>McCain and Palin at Odds Over Health Care and Unions - Roxanne's ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.roxannewalker.com/journal/2008/10/1/mccain-and-palin-at-odds-over-health-care-and-unions.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/commentary/3397366</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Roxanne's Blog </name>
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(H.R. 3061, Vote 323, 11/6/01; S. 2123, 10/1/07; H.R. 980, Vote 126, 5/13/08)McCain Voted Against Collective Bargaining Rights for TSA Screeners. McCain voted against a measure to grant Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.roxannewalker.com/journal/2008/10/1/mccain-and-palin-at-odds-over-health-care-and-unions.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>When Unions Have A Monopoly On Public-Safety Employees&#226;&#8364;&#166; &#194;&#171; Look ...</title>
    <link href="http://lookaroundhr.com/2008/09/29/when-unions-have-a-monopoly-with-public-safety-employees%E2%80%A6/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-28:/commentary/3397367</id>
    <updated>2008-09-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Look Around HR </name>
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H.R. 980 and S. 2123 are two bills from 2007 that were introduced in Congress. The bill easily passed the Democrat controlled House, but failed to get the necessary 60 votes to override a filibuster in the Senate. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lookaroundhr.com/2008/09/29/when-unions-have-a-monopoly-with-public-safety-employees%E2%80%A6/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>NYC Educator: Ms. Palin Doesn't Meet the Press...</title>
    <link href="http://nyceducator.com/2008/09/ms-palin-doesnt-meet-press.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-06:/commentary/3455965</id>
    <updated>2008-09-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>NYC Educator </name>
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(H.R. 3061, Vote 323, 11/6/01; S. 2123, 10/1/07; H.R. 980, Vote 126, 5/13/08). McCain Voted Against Collective Bargaining Rights for TSA Screeners. McCain voted against a measure to grant Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nyceducator.com/2008/09/ms-palin-doesnt-meet-press.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Pragmatic Progressive</title>
    <link href="http://thepragmaticprogressive.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-mccain-hates-unions.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-03:/commentary/3766557</id>
    <updated>2008-09-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Pragmatic Progressive </name>
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(H.R. 3061, Vote 323, 11/6/01; S. 2123, 10/1/07; H.R. 980, Vote 126, 5/13/08)McCain Voted Against Collective Bargaining Rights for TSA Screeners. McCain voted against a measure to grant Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thepragmaticprogressive.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-mccain-hates-unions.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Political Perceptions : Will Sympathy Vote Re-Elect Sen. Johnson?</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/08/13/will-sympathy-vote-re-elect-sen-johnson/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-12:/commentary/3397368</id>
    <updated>2008-08-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>WSJ.com: Political Perceptions </name>
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Even though Mr. Johnson was sick at the time of the vote on S. 2123, The Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, he was a cosponsor of this bill. The poeple of South Dakota need to know just how radical Mr. Johnson&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s support of this bill is. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/08/13/will-sympathy-vote-re-elect-sen-johnson/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Do Senators Pay Union Dues, Or Do The Unions Pay Senators?</title>
    <link href="http://www.looktruenorth.com/limited-government/policy/3013-do-senators-pay-union-dues-or-do-the-unions-pay-senators.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-05:/commentary/3912753</id>
    <updated>2008-08-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>True North </name>
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On Monday, May 12, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of the mandatory collective bargaining legislation, the Public Safety Employer - Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (H.R. 980/S. 2123). This legislation would preempt ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.looktruenorth.com/limited-government/policy/3013-do-senators-pay-union-dues-or-do-the-unions-pay-senators.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>H.R. 980 Legislative Alert : Fraternal Order of Police</title>
    <link href="http://www.countyfop.org/?p=9" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-06:/commentary/3586357</id>
    <updated>2008-06-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Fraternal Order of Police </name>
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All Senate Democrats, as well as independent Senators Lieberman (ID-CT) and Sanders (I-VT), voted in favor of the cloture motion, as did the following Republicans (cosponsors of the Senate companion bill, S. 2123, are marked with an ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countyfop.org/?p=9&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>www.itsjosh.com: McCAIN DOESN&#226;&#8364;&#8482;T LIKE UNIONS</title>
    <link href="http://www.itsjosh.com/2008/05/mccain-doesnt-like-unions.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-17:/commentary/3807779</id>
    <updated>2008-05-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>www.itsjosh.com </name>
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McCain Did NOT Co-Sponsor the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act. McCain did not co-sponsor S. 2123, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, legislation to grant fire fighters and police officers minimum ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.itsjosh.com/2008/05/mccain-doesnt-like-unions.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Collective Bargaining Bill Delayed By Partisanship</title>
    <link href="http://lafayetteprofessionalfirefighters.org/?p=15" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-16:/commentary/2319353</id>
    <updated>2008-05-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Lafayette Professional Firefighters </name>
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May 16, 2008 &#226;&#8364;&#8220; After an historic 69-29 cloture vote to bring the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (HR 980/S.2123) on the floor of the US Senate for debate, presidential politics, partisanship and the Senate&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s arcane ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lafayetteprofessionalfirefighters.org/?p=15&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>IAFF:Always on the Front Line</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-15:/commentary/3777437</id>
    <updated>2008-05-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>IAFF RSS News Service </name>
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May 16, 2008 &#226;&#8364;&#8220; After an historic 69-29 cloture vote to bring the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (H.R. 980/S.2123) on the floor of the U.S. Senate for debate, presidential politics, partisanship and the Senate's arcane ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iaff.org/08News/051608CB.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Barack reaches across the aisle for labor unions</title>
    <link href="http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/2008/05/barack-reaches-across-aisle-for-labor.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-14:/commentary/2273141</id>
    <updated>2008-05-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Union News. </name>
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US Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement after the Senate took the first step to passing the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (S.2123). Senator Obama is an original cosponsor of the bill and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://theunionnews.blogspot.com/2008/05/barack-reaches-across-aisle-for-labor.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Mount Virtus &#194;&#187; Blog Archive &#194;&#187; Congressional Democrat Payback of ...</title>
    <link href="http://bendegrow.com/2008/congressional-democrat-payback-of-big-labor-marches-on-public-safety-edition/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-13:/commentary/3397373</id>
    <updated>2008-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Mount Virtus </name>
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The issue at hand is the Public Safety Employee-Employer Cooperation Act of 2007 (S. 2123), which has made its reappearance in the Senate, having initially stalled there after passing the House:. Under current law, every state has the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bendegrow.com/2008/congressional-democrat-payback-of-big-labor-marches-on-public-safety-edition/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Statement of Senator Barack Obama on the Public Safety Employer ...</title>
    <link href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/candacenewbraugh/gGBlP5" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-13:/commentary/2343295</id>
    <updated>2008-05-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Member Posts </name>
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WASHINGTON, DC - US Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement after the Senate took the first step to passing the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (S.2123). Senator Obama is an original cosponsor ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/candacenewbraugh/gGBlP5&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Mandatory Public-Safety Collective Bargaining Could be Made Less ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm1923.cfm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-12:/commentary/3789245</id>
    <updated>2008-05-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Heritage Foundation Papers </name>
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As written, S. 2123 would force every state to subject merit promotions and disciplinary standards to collective bargaining, protecting irresponsible workers at the expense of public safety. Congress should exempt merit promotions, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm1923.cfm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Your Fight the Right-Wing Wackos Activist links for May 13, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://fighttherightwingnuts.blogspot.com/2008/05/your-fight-right-wing-wackos-activist.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-12:/commentary/2273139</id>
    <updated>2008-05-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Fighting the Right-Wing-Nuts, One E-mail at a Time </name>
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S. 2123 would ensure all public safety officers have the opportunity to meet with local officials to discuss their jobs and how best to protect the public. Please click here to tell your US senators to support the Public Safety ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fighttherightwingnuts.blogspot.com/2008/05/your-fight-right-wing-wackos-activist.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>American Rights at Work - Tell Your Senators to Protect Public Safety</title>
    <link href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/take-action/campaigns/tell-your-senators-to-protect-public-safety-20080512-563-306.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-11:/commentary/3397371</id>
    <updated>2008-05-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Eye on the NLRB - American Rights at Work </name>
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S. 2123 would ensure that all public safety officers have the opportunity to meet with local officials to discuss their jobs and how best to protect the public. A critical vote on this bill could happen this week and your Senators need ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/take-action/campaigns/tell-your-senators-to-protect-public-safety-20080512-563-306.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Senate ...</title>
    <link href="http://story.tucsonpost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/14777198/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-11:/commentary/2673826</id>
    <updated>2008-05-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>US News latest RSS headlines - Tucson Post.com </name>
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Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on Senate Consideration of the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (S.2123) WASHINGTON, DC - May 12 -This week the Senate is poised to make ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://story.tucsonpost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/420d9e49bcaa69d0/id/14777198/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Urge your Senator to &#226;&#8364;&#339;VOTE NO!&#226;&#8364;*</title>
    <link href="http://all-finance-online.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-senators-pay-union-dues-or-do-unions.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-11:/commentary/2308212</id>
    <updated>2008-05-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>finance live </name>
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On Monday, May 12, the US Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of the mandatory collective bargaining legislation, the Public Safety Employer - Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (HR 980/S. 2123). This legislation would preempt ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://all-finance-online.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-senators-pay-union-dues-or-do-unions.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Tell Your Senators to Protect Public Safety</title>
    <link href="http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=563&amp;amp;Itemid=306" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-11:/commentary/2273140</id>
    <updated>2008-05-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>American Rights at Work </name>
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S. 2123 would ensure that all public safety officers have the opportunity to meet with local officials to discuss their jobs and how best to protect the public. A critical vote on this bill could happen this week and your Senators need ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=563&amp;amp;Itemid=306&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tell Senate to give public safety officers basic bargaining rights</title>
    <link href="http://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/05/tell-senate-to-give-public-safety.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-11:/commentary/2273138</id>
    <updated>2008-05-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Joe&amp;#39;s Union Review </name>
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As soon as tomorrow - Tuesday, May 13 - the Senate could vote on the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (S. 2123). Write your Senators now and ask them to vote &amp;quot;YES&amp;quot; on this bill: ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/05/tell-senate-to-give-public-safety.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Legislative Alert: AWF Will Rate Cloture Vote on S. 2123</title>
    <link href="http://www.workerfreedom.org/index.php?content=s2123_cltr" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-10:/commentary/3074373</id>
    <updated>2008-05-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Alliance for Worker Freedom - All RSS </name>
    </author>
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Legislative Alert: AWF Will Rate Cloture Vote on S. 2123.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workerfreedom.org/index.php?content=s2123_cltr&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Do Senators Pay Union Dues, Or Do The Unions Pay Senators?</title>
    <link href="http://www.residualforces.com/2008/05/10/do-senators-pay-union-dues-or-do-the-unions-pay-senators/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-09:/commentary/2183674</id>
    <updated>2008-05-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Residual Forces </name>
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On Monday, May 12, the US Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of the mandatory collective bargaining legislation, the Public Safety Employer - Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (HR 980/S. 2123). This legislation would preempt ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.residualforces.com/2008/05/10/do-senators-pay-union-dues-or-do-the-unions-pay-senators/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Friends of ATR: Union Pressures Force Vallejo, CA to File Bankruptcy</title>
    <link href="http://friendsofatr.blogspot.com/2008/05/union-pressures-force-vallejo-ca-to.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-07:/commentary/3397370</id>
    <updated>2008-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Friends of ATR </name>
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Hey, I&#226;&#8364;&#8482;ve got a better idea, let&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s just call S. 2123 the &#226;&#8364;&#339;open up the state budgets to &#226;&#8364;&#732;Bulletproof Tommy and No-Neck Pete&#226;&#8364;&#8482; so they can pillage city funding act of 2008.&#226;&#8364;* That way stupid things like having 11 republican co-spo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://friendsofatr.blogspot.com/2008/05/union-pressures-force-vallejo-ca-to.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <link href="http://singlesinwymola-az.blogspot.com/2008/03/apf.html" rel="alternate"/>
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    <updated>2008-03-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Several months ago, HR 980 and S.2123, the &#226;&#8364;&#339;Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act&#226;&#8364;*, were going through . But in those instances where its necessary for what ever reason, and you have APF installed, its quite annoying to have ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://singlesinwymola-az.blogspot.com/2008/03/apf.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2008-03-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
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McCain Did NOT Co-Sponsor the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act. McCain did not co-sponsor S. 2123, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, legislation to grant fire fighters and police officers minimum ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://anti-union.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-you-work-in-usa-voting-for-mccain-is.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2008-03-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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McCain Did NOT Co-Sponsor the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act. McCain did not co-sponsor S. 2123, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, legislation to grant fire fighters and police officers minimum ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://broadcastunionnews.blogspot.com/2008/03/john-mccain-doesnt-like-unions.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <updated>2008-02-12T06:25:16Z</updated>
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[ Comments]Comments (0) |  [ Trackbacks]Trackbacks (0) | [ Flag as offensive] ...  to victory?  Stop &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.2123&lt;/strong&gt; now! Call your Senator      To all who read this Alert:  Copy and paste it and send it along to your family and fri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://againstcardcheck.blogtownhall.com/2007/10/12/how_could_these_republicans_give_labor_unions_a_major_victory.thtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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Letter dated December 14, 2007 from Mayor Shinn to Senator Feinstein opposing S.2123, Public Employer &#226;&#8364;&#8220; Employee Cooperation Act of 2007. Doesn't this action by Shinn go against the everday cop on the beat and keep them without a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://claycord.blogspot.com/2008/01/talk-to-concord-mayor-bill-shinn.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Why Hillary?</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/commentary/1544970</id>
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Why Hillary?  By cpa | January 29, 2008     [ Right for America] ...  for millions of workers.  *Sponsored the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (&lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.2123&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manageourlife.com/2008/01/29/why-hillary/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>HR 980 and S-2123</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-24:/commentary/1458315</id>
    <updated>2007-12-24T06:44:16Z</updated>
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 HR 980 and S-2123    By Editorial Staff    Public Safety Employ  This &#8220;Link&#8221; is the IBPO Position Paper on H.R. 980 and &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.2123&lt;/strong&gt;, the &#8220;Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act&#8221;. The bill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ibpolocal623.com/newsdesk/2007/11/14/hr-980-and-s-2123/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-12:/commentary/1458310</id>
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This &#226;&#8364;&#339;Link&#226;&#8364;&#339; is the IBPO Position Paper on HR 980 and S.2123, the &#226;&#8364;&#339;Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act&#226;&#8364;*. The bill is currently in the Senate Sub Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ibpolocal623.com/ibpoblog/2007/11/13/public-safety-employer-employee-cooperation-act/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>labor union issues</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-02:/commentary/1458311</id>
    <updated>2007-11-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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October 29, 2007 Call your Senator now to stop S.2123. The misnamed and egregious Public Safety Employer-Employee cooperation act of 2007 was introduced by Senator Gregg on October 1 with enough . According to the US Department of Labor ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://labor-union-922.blogspot.com/2007/11/labor-union-issues-ive-been-student-of.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>nc labor board</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-30:/commentary/1315321</id>
    <updated>2007-10-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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October 29, 2007 Call your Senator now to stop S.2123. The misnamed and egregious Public Safety Employer-Employee cooperation act of 2007 was introduced by Senator Gregg on October 1 with enough . The National Labor Relations Board has ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://labor-board-944.blogspot.com/2007/10/nc-labor-board-nc-labor-board-ilo.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Labor Unions</title>
    <link href="http://labor-unions-935.blogspot.com/2007/10/labor-unions-meanwhile-no-labor-unions.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-26:/commentary/1291504</id>
    <updated>2007-10-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Stop S.2123 now! To all who read this Alert: Copy and paste it and send it along to your family and friends. Call your Senator now to stop S.2123. The misnamed and egregious . We might as well get it out of the way right of the bat: no ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://labor-unions-935.blogspot.com/2007/10/labor-unions-meanwhile-no-labor-unions.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Republicans helping Labor Unions? Yes!</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-26:/commentary/1291505</id>
    <updated>2007-10-26T14:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Conservative Voice News and Columns</name>
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How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to victory? A Legislative Alert: By Will Fine, Executive Director National Alliance for Worker and Employer Rights    Call your Senator now to stop &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.2123&lt;/strong&gt;. The misnamed and egre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/28867.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Brother and Sister firefighters help needed</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-24:/commentary/1278081</id>
    <updated>2007-10-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Your help is needed in passing S.2123 &amp;quot;The Public Safety Employer and Employee Cooperation Act&amp;quot; Currently in a right to work state we have no collective bargaining that we can do for safer equipment better pay or benefits. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.firehouse.com/showthread.php?t=95314&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>How could these Republicans help Labor unions to a major victory?</title>
    <link href="http://nawer.livejournal.com/4134.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-16:/commentary/1238794</id>
    <updated>2007-10-16T15:47:10Z</updated>
    <author>
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How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to victory? ...  to your family and friends.    Call your Senator now to stop &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.2123&lt;/strong&gt;. The misnamed and egregious &quot;Public ...   components out there in our local towns with its h&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nawer.livejournal.com/4134.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Union Power Grab Endangers Volunteer Firefighters</title>
    <link href="http://www.openmarket.org/2007/10/16/union-power-grab-endangers-volunteer-firefighters/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-15:/commentary/1238793</id>
    <updated>2007-10-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Volunteer fire departments would be endangered by a union-backed bill that has overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives and now is pending in the Senate (as S. 2123). It would force local governments to collectively bargain ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openmarket.org/2007/10/16/union-power-grab-endangers-volunteer-firefighters/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to major victory?</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-15:/commentary/1232828</id>
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How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to major victory?   How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to victory? A Legislative alert:    Stop &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.2123&lt;/strong&gt; now! Call your Senator    Call your Senator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freshare.net/freshare/article/how_could_these_republicans_help_labor_unions_to_major_victory/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Republicans help unions to a major victory</title>
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How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to victory? Legislative Alert:. Stop S.2123 now! Call your Senator. To all who read this Alert: Copy and paste it and send it along to your family and friends. read more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/?q=node/4004&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to major victory?</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-13:/commentary/1236084</id>
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How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to victory? A Legislative alert:. Stop S.2123 now! Call your Senator. Call your Senator now to stop S.2123. The&#226;&#8364;&#166;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freshare.net/exp/article/how_could_these_republicans_help_labor_unions_to_major_victory/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>How could these Senate Republicans help Labor unions to a major victory? Action Alert: Stop S.2123 now</title>
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    <updated>2007-10-12T15:28:13Z</updated>
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How could these Senate Republicans help Labor unions to a major victory? Action Alert: Stop &lt;strong class=&quot;keyword&quot;&gt;S.2123&lt;/strong&gt; now (nawer) &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.crosstabs.org/blogs/nawer/2007/oct/12/how_could_these_senate_republicans_help_labor_unions_to_a_major_victory_action_alert_stop_s_2123_now&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>NAWER: How could these Republicans give labor unions a major victory?</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-11:/commentary/1225149</id>
    <updated>2007-10-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
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How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to victory? Stop S.2123 now! Call your Senator To all who read this Alert: Copy and paste it and send it along to your family...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://againstcardcheck.townhall.com/g/d0450c2e-cad0-4a86-88ed-25f5ca98a0c3&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>How could these Republicans help Labor Unions to victory?</title>
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Led by nine Republicans the domestic security of America through its Fireman and police is now imperiled by collective bargaining unfunded mandates on the states. The Bill S. 2123 is an egregious payback to the unions for their support ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://digg.com/politics/How_could_these_Republicans_help_Labor_Unions_to_victory&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S.2123 Update</title>
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As we&amp;#39;ve stated, the Public Safety Employees Collective Bargaining Bill has been assigned as S.2123 and sent to the Senate. On Oct 1st, it was read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iaff35.blogspot.com/2007/10/s2123-update.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>This Was Posted in the Comment Section So We Moved it UP</title>
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    <updated>2007-10-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Immediately go to www.govtrack.us first and look up Senate Bill S.2123, which is on the docket for this year. Then, call your Ark Senators (both of them) and tell them that if they want to continue to get elected, they need to get &amp;quot;on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nlrnue.blogspot.com/2007/10/this-was-posted-in-comment-section-so.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bargaining Bill Introduced in Senate</title>
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... was introduced in the Senate October 1 with bipartisan support. Led by Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA), 10 Republicans and 11 Democrats joined together as original sponsors of the legislation, S.2123.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iaff.org/07News/100207CB.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>S. 2123, A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-29:/commentary/1190606</id>
    <updated>2007-09-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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S. 2123 would provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2123.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: S. 2123: A bill to provide collective ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2123" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-29:/commentary/1179908</id>
    <updated>2007-09-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Sen. Judd Gregg [R-NH] introduced S. 2123: A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2123&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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