AirCongress The Online Voice Of Capitol Hill

That’s what the AFL-CIO has been doing online and offline all week. One of the labor group’s tactics has been posting video excerpts from speeches by lawmakers who support legislation to make it easier to form unions. Here are the latest Senate floor excerpts:

Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio

Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.

Patty Murray, D-Wash.

James Webb, D-Va.

Plus more from Democratic Sens. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania; Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer, both of New York; Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; and Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

Earlier this month, the AFL-CIO also aired an advertisement on the issue and posted the ad to YouTube.

Categories: Virginia, James Webb, New York, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Labor, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Bob Casey, Amy Klobuchar, Sherrod Brown, Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, Patty Murray, Charles Schumer

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Lowell Feld of Raising Kaine and Ben Tribbett of Not Larry Sabato, two blogs about Virginia politics, welcomed Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia as their guest on BlogTalkRadio tonight. The agenda included the Iraq war and the debate over whether to build a Metro subway extension at Tysons Corner, Va., above ground or underground:

Earlier this week, Sen. James Webb was the guest on the show:

Webb’s upset election over former Sen. George Allen last November received a big boost from Feld and the other bloggers at Raising Kaine. Feld and Josh Chernila eventually went to work for the Webb campaign.

Categories: Virginia, James Webb, Iraq, Jim Moran

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