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January 2015 marks the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United decision. That ruling, along with the McCutcheon decision of 2014, opened the flood gates and now allows millions of dollars to be spent by just a handful of wealthy individuals to influence our elections.

CWA issued this statement on the CROmnibus spending bill being considered by the House and Senate.

CWAers joined hundreds of activists from labor, environmental, consumer, human rights, public health, Internet freedom, faith and family farm groups in a week of protests outside the office of the United States Trade Representative against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal under negotiation inside.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro sounded the alarm yesterday: A bill calling on Congress to give up its right to review the proposed TPP trade deal is sure to come early next year.

By a 12-10 party line vote, the Senate HELP Committee approved the nomination of Lauren McFarren as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.