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Perdue, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Has Troubling Business Background

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(APN) ATLANTA — David Perdue, Georgia’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senate and cousin of former Governor Sonny Perdue, is an extremist right-wing politician who would add to the current obstructionism of the U.S. Senate, and has a troubling business background reminiscent of 2012 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.     In a race that is critical to Democrats keeping majority control […]

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Republicans Block Vote on $10.10 Minimum Wage in U.S. Senate

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By Cheryl Courtney-Evans, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News.  Photograph courtesy of Americans United for Change.   (APN) ATLANTA — During a noontime vote in the U.S. Senate yesterday, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, a vast majority of Senate Republicans blocked the opportunity for the Senate to vote on an increase in the minimum wage of U.S. workers from $7.25 per […]

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