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Wednesday October 03, 2012 · 7:01 AM PDT

2012/10/03 · 07:01

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Republican Leaders Boehner, Cantor Trash Workers

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Monday August 09, 2010 · 6:40 AM PDT

2010/08/09 · 06:40

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner has a few choice words for all the teachers, cops, fire fighters, and other workers who will be able to stay on the job because the U.S. Senate this week was able to break the Republican filibuster on the jobs bill.

He is calling these hard-working women and men: special interests. No different, apparently, from the special interests at the Wall Street banks, job-exporting corporations and big insurance companies Boehner and Republicans love to pal around with.

And as for autoworkers, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has some choice words for you too. More on that below.

Boehner says the jobs bill (the House is expected to pass it next week), which provides $26 billion in funding to bolster state budgets, including $10 billion to prevent massive teacher layoffs, is a "payoff" to unions and special interests.

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Wednesday August 04, 2010 · 2:18 PM PDT

2010/08/04 · 14:18

After President Obama finished delivering his speech to the AFL-CIO Executive Council this morning, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka had this question for the president.

We're going into a congressional election three months from today, and I think it's fair to say that workers' hopes for congressional action to protect workers' rights and to create jobs have been frustrated by a Republican minority that has filibustered every matter in front of them, every single thing that's been good for us.

I just want to ask you, what advice do you have for workers as the election approaches, particularly for workers who are trying to organize to have a voice on the job?

We couldn't have answered any better. Take a look at Obama's response.

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