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News Roundup: EFCA and Uncertain Votes

With over 100 grassroots events planned across the country for this week, big labor is pushing hard for EFCA.  On the fence states are specifically targeted.

Bringing the AFL-CIO and Change to Win back together “has only a 50-50 chance of success.

Could EFCA divide Colorado Democrats?

A member of SEIU thinks the stock market is responding favorably to the introduction of EFCA.  Here’s a quick lesson in economics:  Markets react to news.  Everybody already knew EFCA was going to be introduced soon.  The market cannot favorably or negatively react today to something which was old news months ago.  Now… finding out that several key Democrats besides the usual suspects are shaky on EFCA.  That’s news.

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