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Just how bad are things today in the Senate? If the climate of obstructionism in the Senate that exists today represented how that body has always operated, landmark legislation that brought social and economic justice to millions of Americans would never have been enacted. Organizing and bargaining rights through the National Labor Relations Act. Secure retirement and health care for older Americans that resulted from the Social Security and Medicare programs. An end to years of discrimination endured by people of color through the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.

CWA delegates called on the United States Senate to eliminate the archaic rules that have blocked critical legislation affecting working families and left important government positions empty because of abuse by the current Senate minority.

The nomination of William Boarman, president of CWA's Printing, Publishing & Media Workers Sector, to become the nation's next Public Printer was approved by the Senate Rules Committee and sent to the full Senate.

Legislation to close the Reverse Morris Trust tax loophole is before the Senate this week, and CWA members are working hard to get their senators on board.

CWAers in Arkansas worked hard on the Senate primary election and helped push that race to a run-off election between Lt. Governor Bill Halter and incumbent Senator Blanche Lincoln, set for June 8.