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MSNBC Host Ed Schultz devoted his entire program to the need to stop "fast track" and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. You can watch the entire town hall with members of Congress, all of whom stand with CWA in opposing "fast track."

Federal unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed expired last weekend because Congress failed to reauthorize the program before the end of the year.

The budget agreement passed by both the House and Senate stops some of the senseless cuts required by sequestration and, at least for two years, means there won?t be a government shutdown over the issue.

Since the Senate returned from its Thanksgiving recess, it has confirmed 13 presidential nominees, all of whom would have been blocked by Republican obstruction had Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid not moved to change the rules for confirmation of executive-office appointments and federal judicial nominees.

Today CWA activists joined more than 1,500 immigration reform advocates in occupying over 200 congressional offices. Activists from across the country prayed and held vigils. The song "We Shall Overcome" echoed through the halls of Rayburn House Office Building.