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It?s going to be a new day in the Senate. Seven Democratic senators elect ? Tammy Baldwin (WI), Martin Heinrich (NM), Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Mazie Hirono (HI), Tim Kaine (VA), Chris Murphy (CT) and Elizabeth Warren (MA) ? have all committed to ?fix the broken Senate by reforming the filibuster.? Independent Angus King, who replaces Maine?s moderate Republican Olympia Snowe, won on his platform of reforming the filibuster. Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA) pledged to work to change filibuster rules in her third term. And on election night, Majority Whip Dick Durbin (IL) stressed the need for reform.

In a frenetic burst of activity ? just hours before Election Day ? CWA activists across battleground states are making their final pitch for President Obama, candidates in key state races and critical ballot initiatives. This election cycle, CWA has been focused on one-on-one, member-to-member contacts. Nearly 15,000 volunteers have phone banked, participated in labor walks and leafleted 3,000 worksites. ?We try to root the political work we do, not in a party or in a candidate, but around what we call economic justice issues and democracy issues and how they?re linked,? said CWA President Larry Cohen on The Richard Fowler Show.

CWA Local 1103's Joe Mayhew says New York must be a "firewall state."

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