by LeisureGuy in Daily life , Business , Congress , Unions

Daphne Eviatar of the Washington Independent reports: The nonpartisan money-in-politics-tracking Website, OpenSecrets.org, has an eye-opening roundup of the money spent in support or opposition the Employee Free Choice Act, introduced in Congress yesterday. The bill, which would allow employees to f...

Later On - Mar 13, 2009 - [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ]

in Labor , Business , Congress , Campaign Finance , Unions , Money in Politics

    The battle over a union organizing bill introduced this week is shaping up to be one of the most expensive on Capitol Hill in recent years.     Just how potentially costly was made clearer today by a campaign finance watchdog group, which looked at both ho...

Truthout - All Articles - Mar 13, 2009 - [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ]

by Lindsay Renick Mayer in Congress , Lobbying , Industries , pacs , Leadership PACs , Politicians & Elections , About the Center , Influence & Lobbying , Issues and Legislation , uschamberofcommerce , businessassociations , laborsector

For months business groups and labor unions have been campaigning for or against the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that was introduced in Congress just today and that has spurred what will be one of the fiercest--and most expensive--debates Capitol Hill has seen in years. At the core of the debat... [1 Citations]

Capital Eye - Mar 10, 2009 - [ Feed - Focus - Exclude ]