Governors Urge Senate to Pass Employee Free Choice Act

In a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 18 Democratic governors called on the U.S. Senate to support the Employee Free Choice Act and urged the lawmakers to restore workers' rights.

The governors are Bill Ritter, Colorado; Rod Blagojevich, Illinois; Chet Culver, Iowa; Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas; John Baldacci, Maine; Martin O'Malley, Maryland; Deval Patrick, Massachusetts; Jennifer Granholm, Michigan; Brian Schweitzer, Montana; Jon Corzine, New Jersey; Bill Richardson, New Mexico; Eliot Spitzer, New York; Ted Strickland, Ohio; Ted Kulongoski, Oregon; Edward G. Rendell, Pennsylvania; Chris Gregoire, Washington; Joe Manchin, III, West Virginia; and Jim Doyle, Wisconsin.

Read their letter here, under What's Hot.