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Tag Archives: AFSCME
Liberal Union Joins Attack on Romney in Florida
Newt Gingrich is getting help from a surprising ally: the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. The liberal-leaning labor group is running a TV ad in Florida slamming Mitt Romney for profiting personally from a company later convicted of Medicare fraud while he was a director. The ad …
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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Labor union representing 1.6 million employees including health care workers, corrections officers and sanitation workers. Leans Democratic.
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Down-to-the-Wire Deceptions
Attack ads, and the misinformation that comes with them, continue to swamp the airwaves. In fact, spending on ads in these midterm elections could top $3 billion, said Evan Tracey, whose Kantar Media-owned Campaign Media Analysis Group tracks political ads running nationwide. That cracks the $2.7 billion spent in 2008 – …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged 17th amendment, 2010 midterm elections, AFSCME, Bill Brady, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DSCC, Eric Cantor, Joe Sestak, Ken Buck, Lisa Murkowski, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Quinn, privatization, Social Security, stimulus, student loans
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AFSCME’s Big, Brazen Attack
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is spending more than $1.5 million on ads that attack Republican congressional candidates in Michigan and Nevada. The big ad buy from the labor union also comes with some grandiose …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged AFSCME, cervical cancer, Joe Heck, privatization, Social Security, taxes, Tim Walberg
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AFSCME’s Misleading Tax Attack
AFSCME, the big labor union, is running a misleading ad attacking one of the GOP’s premier House candidates. In an attempt to protect a vulnerable freshman Democrat, Rep. John Boccieri of Ohio, AFSCME badly misrepresents his Republican challenger’s stance on taxation. AFSCME’s ad …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged AFSCME, Cash Attack, Election 2010, FairTax, labor unions, taxes
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American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Labor union representing 1.6 million employees including health care workers, corrections officers and sanitation workers. Leans Democratic.
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New Mexico and Arkansas Races
In episode 13 of FactCheck Radio, we look at a Republican ad that was condemned by the head of the GOP in New Mexico. Plus, we debunk labor union ads attacking Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, and we update listeners on claims about Muslims and the health care law. …
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Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged AFSCME, Blanche Lincoln, health care reform, labor unions, muslims, New Mexico, podcast, SEIU, Susana Martinez, Weh
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Labor Falsely Attacks Lincoln. Again.
New TV spots from two labor unions try to paint Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas as a slick politician who has done the bidding of big-business donors, such as oil companies. But the claims just don’t stick. One ad claims Lincoln “helped George Bush and Dick Cheney give oil and gas companies …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged 2005 Energy bill, AFSCME, Blanche Lincoln, contributions, insurance companies, oil companies, SEIU
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More Health Care Ads?
So now that President Obama is set to sign this health care bill into law, you won’t have to hear all kinds of claims about it, right? Well, not so fast. The end of the health care ad wars isn’t here yet. Liberals are getting in the first shots — …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged AFSCME, Americans United for Change, health care, Health Care for America Now, health insurance
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