Word: georgias
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Although he has always defined himself as a political progressive, Hennefeld's interest in labor concerns did not begin until the summer of 1997, when he participated in a program in Atlanta, Georgia called "Union Summer," sponsored by the American Federation of Labor (AFL). He spent the summer researching issues surrounding the labor movement and learning the details of labor union work from behind the scenes...
...made blunder after blunder...he thought he could treat the U.S. Congress like he had treated the Georgia legislature," MacNeil says...
...made blunder after blunder...he thought he could treat the U.S. Congress like he had treated the Georgia legislature," MacNeil says...
...national political landscape that had seemed settled on gun matters in recent years has suddenly been given a new topography in the wake of the Colorado and Georgia shootings. Democrats like Gore and his rival, former Senator Bill Bradley, are sure that gun control is a winning issue. And their best evidence is perhaps the confusion in the enemy ranks. First the majority of Senate Republicans voted against requiring mandatory background checks at gun shows. They then voted for it. Elizabeth Dole applauded herself for her move advocating controls two weeks ago. "These events demonstrate why it's so important...
...know you're in trouble when the Queen of Nice loses her cool over you on daytime TV. It didn't get any better for the N.R.A. the next day, when the news broke that a Georgia student had opened fire on his schoolmates on the one-month anniversary of the Littleton tragedy. Hours later the Senate approved the most significant gun-control proposals in six years, including a measure to require background checks for buyers at gun shows...