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We print below excerpts on Social Security, Medicare and the nature of the Deficit Commission itself from the testimony of James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Chair in Government/Business Relations, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, before the Comm...

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• James K. Galbraith Blasts Deficit Commission

• Rally for HR 676 at UAW Convention, Sunday, June 13

• 3rd Largest Labor Council in Ohio Endorses HR 676

• NJ Labor Council, Retirees' Committee, & Oregon NALC Convention Push Single Payer Summit
• Chicago Teamsters Local 705 Endorses HR 676

• Maine AFL-CIO Organizes Single Payer Education Program

• Labor Council Warns Congress on Benefits Tax
• TWU President Writes Congress as Opposition Mounts to Health Benefits Tax
• Tell White House to Make Recess Appointments to NLRB

• Machinists Remain Opposed to Health Care Excise Tax
• Federal Unions Release Two Reports on the Detrimental Impact of the Senate Excise Tax on FEHBP Health Plans
• Call Congress to Oppose Any Reform That Taxes Health Benefits
• Machinists Union Leaders Vote to Oppose Health Benefits Tax

• Maine AFL-CIO Calls for Labor Summit & Strategy to Win Single Payer

• Pennsylvania and Illinois Faculty Unions Endorse HR 676
• AFL-CIO Ad Urges YES Vote on Weiner Amendment
• Action Alert: Call for the Weiner Single Payer Amendment Today!

• AFL-CIO Convention Endorses Single Payer Healthcare
• Over 70 Labor Organizations Call on AFL-CIO Convention to Endorse HR 676
• Action Alert: Support the Weiner HR 676 Single Payer Amendment
• Labor Councils in Tennessee, Texas and Minnesota Endorse HR 676
• AFGE National Convention Endorses HR 676
• Texas and New Jersey Machinists Endorse HR 676

• Plumbers & Fitters Local Phone Banks for HR 676
• Steelworkers and British Union Counter Lies About British Healthcare
• AFGE and IUPAT Locals in Oregon Endorse HR 676
• Single Payer: From Off the Table to On the Floor of the House
• Trumka Tells Netroots Nation: “My Preference Is Single Payer”
• Montana LIUNA Local Endorses HR 676
• Many HR 676 Resolutions submitted to AFL-CIO Convention

• IATSE is Twenty-first International Union to Endorse HR 676
• Canadian Union Writes Obama & Congress Defending Canada’s Healthcare
• Get on the bus! July 30, Rally and Lobby in DC for HR 676
• Two More Labor Councils Endorse HR 676. Total Now 130
• Urgent: Single Payer on the Table in Energy and Commerce on Thursday
• Labor Delegation Persuades John Murtha To Co-Sponsor HR 676
• USW President Supports Single Payer Healthcare
• Oregon Teachers, Machinists, Nurses, Public & Transit Unions Endorse HR 676

• AFGE, IBT and IATSE Locals in New York, Missouri, and Texas Endorse HR 676
• Illinois UTU and Indiana UMWA Locals Endorse HR 676
• Unions Oppose Any Taxing of Health Benefits
• Montana MEA-MFT Endorses HR 676, President Speaks at Single Payer Rally
• Three Maine Labor Councils Call on AFL-CIO Convention to Endorse HR 676 and Call for March On Washington
• Four California AFSCME Locals and District Council Endorse HR 676
• Seven More Reps Sign On to HR 676; House Holds Single Payer Hearing
• IATSE Convention Nears, Locals Keep Endorsing HR 676
• Pennsylvania Labor Council, Farm Workers (FLOC) & UE Local Endorse HR 676
• Single Payer Hearing in House, Wed. June 10
• Montana Teachers' Union President Speaks Out for Single Payer
• IBEW Business Representative, CNA Indiana Organizer Speak at Rally for HR 676
• Maine State AFL-CIO Urges National to Endorse HR 676 at September Convention
• California AFSCME District Council Urges Support for HR 676

• Kentucky AFL-CIO President and UAW Local President Speak at Rally for Single Payer
• AFGE Area Council Endorses HR 676
• Union Retirees Persuade Congresswoman to Co-Sponsor HR 676 (Plus More)
• Labor Councils in Oregon and California Endorse HR 676
• Montana AFL-CIO State Convention Reaffirms Endorsement of HR 676
• Steelworkers District 2 Endorses HR 676
• Indiana IBEW Local Endorses HR 676
• IAM Local Writes President Obama, Urges Support of HR 676
• NY Labor Council Urges AFL-CIO Convention to Endorse HR 676

• Washington Postal Workers Endorse HR 676
• State Legislators Launch Effort to Push HR 676
• Put Single Payer in the Survey!
• IATSE Locals in St. Louis, Boston & Sacramento Endorse HR 676
• Portland IBEW Local Endorses HR 676
• USW and CWA Locals Endorse HR 676
• Massachusetts NEA Local Endorses HR 676
• Roger Bybee: Crisis = Opportunity for Single-Payer
• Maine State Legislature Endorses HR 676
• Teamster Printing Local Endorses HR 676
• Two California Labor Councils Endorse HR 676
• Oregon Laborers Union Endorses HR 676
• Central Kentucky Building & Construction Trades Council Endorsed HR 676

• Texas IAM Local is 500th Union to Endorse HR 676
• American Postal Workers Union Makes Single Payer Legislative Priority
• Three IATSE Locals in Arizona and New York Endorse HR 676
• Two California Labor Councils Endorse HR 676
• Two UFCW Locals Voice Support for HR 676
• Oppose Taxing Health Benefits
• Alabama Labor Council and Kentucky CWA Local Endorse HR 676
• Vermont AFL-CIO Calls Rally for Single Payer Healthcare
• March 10 Action for HR 676; March 12 in Dearborn; March 17 in Burlington
• Oregon Plumbers Local Endorses HR 676
• Victories are Good, Congratulations!
• Call The White House: Let Single Payer In
• Sen. Baucus: We Need Accurate Numbers not "Creative" Figuring

• Springfield Missouri Labor Council Endorses HR 676
• Bluegrass Central Labor Council Endorses HR 676
• Seattle City Council Endorses HR 676
• Massachusetts Labor Leaders Write to Obama Urging Passage of HR 676
• Subsidizing COBRA Is Not Enough--We Need Single Payer
• Conference of Missouri Utility Unions Endorses HR 676
• NEA Vermont and AFT in Oregon Endorse HR 676
• Plan Congressional Visits During Presidents' Day Recess

• Oregon Carpenters' Local Endorses HR 676
• Who Does Senator Baucus Listen To?
• Missouri IBEW State Conference Endorses HR 676
• ILWU Affiliate Endorses HR 676
• Jan. 15 Call In Day for HR 676: What Better Way to Honor Dr. King
• AFT and NEA Local Unions Endorse HR 676

• Tell Sen. Baucus: Single Payer Should Be ‘On the Table’
• Oregon Labor Council and AFSCME Local Endorse HR 676

• Why Does Celinda Lake Oppose Single Payer?
• USW Vice President Speaks for HR 676
• Oregon Teamster Local Endorses HR 676
• Latino Caucus, California CLC, OPEIU Local All Endorse HR 676

• Communications Workers of America Endorses HR 676
• Philadelphia Healthcare Union Endorses HR 676
• Entertainment Industry Unions Endorse HR 676
• Utility Workers Union of America Endorses HR 676
• Child Care Providers and Letter Carriers Endorse HR 676

• South Dakota and California Labor Councils Endorse HR 676
• IUE-CWA Local 201 Endorses HR 676
• Nevada and Massachusetts State AFL-CIO's Endorse HR 676
• SEIU and CWA Locals endorse HR 676
• Latino Labor Group Endorsed HR 676

• Labor Councils in New York and California Endorse HR 676
• New York State AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• AFSCME Convention Endorses HR 676
• York and Syracuse Labor Councils Endorse HR 676
• Teachers, Writers, and Staff Association Unions Endorse HR 676

• Colorado State Building & Construction Trades Council Endorses HR 676
• CWA Posts Singlepayer Video on Website
• Nebraska AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• Steelworkers' Convention Continues Support for HR 676
• New Jersey AFL-CIO and UMWA's Cecil Roberts Endorse Single Payer
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Convention Endorses HR 676
• Montana AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• Marine Firemen, Carpenters and Theatrical Locals Endorse HR 676
• U.S. Conference of Mayors Backs Single-Payer National Health Insurance
• Three Massachusetts NEA Affiliates Endorse HR 676

• SEIU Convention Endorses HR 676
• Two More Central Labor Councils Endorse HR 676
• Michigan State AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• USW and IBEW Locals Endorse HR 676
• Seattle and Guam AFT Affiliates Endorse HR 676

• Pipefitters, Postal, Letter Carriers and Longshore Locals Endorse HR 676
• California Labor Council Endorses HR 676
• IBT, APWU Locals and Building Trades Council Endorse HR 676
• Three More Labor Councils Endorse HR 676
• Four AFT affiliates Endorse HR 676
• Indiana UAW Local Endorses HR 676
• Detroit Utility Workers Endorse HR 676
• Local Unions in Kentucky, New York and Maryland Endorse HR 676

• California CWA and AFT/NEA Locals Endorse HR 676
• Chicago Teachers Union Endorses HR 676
• Philadelphia AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• Labor Councils in Oregon, Massachusetts & NY Endorse HR 676
• 100th Labor Council Endorses HR 676
• New Hampshire State Building Trades Council Endorses HR 676
• Los Angeles County Labor Federation is 99th CLC to Endorse HR 676
• Maryland IBEW and NY Plumber Locals Endorse HR 676

• Cayuga County NY Central Labor Council is 98th CLC to Endorse HR 676
• Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers (AFT) Endorses HR 676
• United Transportation Union (UTU) Endorses HR 676
• New York Union Leaders Urge All State Locals & CLC?s Endorse HR 676
• Two Labor Councils in NY Endorse HR 676; Bring Total to 97
• California School Employees (CSEA) Endorse HR 676
• CWA and UE Locals in California Endorse HR 676
• Alaska AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676

• Two Steelworker Locals Endorse HR 676
• OPEIU International Union and Masters, Mates & Pilots Endorse HR 676
• California Federation of Teachers Endorses HR 676
• Eleventh International Union IFPTE Endorses HR 676
• Sheet Metal Workers? International Endorses HR 676
• Five Baltimore Unions, IBT, SEIU, USW, APWU, UNITE-HERE Endorse HR 676
• IAM, UAW, CWA Local Unions Endorse HR 676
• AFT, ILWU, & AFSCME Unions in Three States Endorse HR 676

• 95th Labor Council and Maine IBEW Local Endorse HR 676
• Alaska and Ohio Building and Construction Trades Councils Endorse HR 676
• Three AFT Faculty Unions Endorse HR 676
• California AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• Maryland Labor Leaders Urge State's Unions to Endorse HR 676
• Alabama AFL-CIO Convention Endorses HR 676
• Four Unions In Three States Endorse HR 676
• Indiana State AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• Two Michigan Locals Endorse HR 676

• Illinois Teachers Unions Endorse HR 676
• Colorado State AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• South Carolina Labor Council Endorses HR 676
• Maine Postal Workers Endorse HR 676
• Kansas AFL-CIO Convention Endorses HR 676

• Oklahoma AFL-CIO is 27th State Federation to Endorse HR 676
• Steelworkers District 7 Endorses HR 676
• California AFSCME Council 36 Endorses HR 676
• Georgia AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• AFT and UE Locals, Ohio Machinists' State Council, Endorse HR 676

• Northwest Labor Supports HR 676
• Oregon is 25th State AFL-CIO To Endorse HR 676
• AFSCME's Michigan Council 25 Convention Endorses HR 676
• Boston, Miami, Corpus Christi, & Springfield CLCs Endorse HR 676--Total Now 93
• 57,000 Member Union Supports HR 676, Single Payer Healthcare
• Local Unions in Four States Endorse HR 676
• Tennessee AFL-CIO Convention Endorses HR 676

• Labor Councils in Three States Endorse HR 676. Total Now 89
• Boston Jobs with Justice (JwJ) Urges Local Unions to Endorse HR 676
• USW Regional Council with Locals in 11 Western States Endorses HR 676
• Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) Reaffirms Endorsement of HR 676
• Arizona AFL-CIO 23rd State Federation to Endorse HR 676
• Third State Building and Construction Trades Council Endorses HR 676
• Machinists' Union (IAM) Ninth International to Endorse HR 676
• Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council Endorses HR 676

• CLC in West Virginia, Florida IATSE and Utah JwJ Endorse HR 676
• A letter to Congressman Conyers from United Healthcare Workers West
• Labor Councils in Texas, Florida and New York Endorse HR 676
• Iowa State AFL-CIO Endorses HR 676
• Three Illinois Steelworker Locals and Sub District Endorse HR 676
• West Virginia CLC is 300th Union Organization to Endorse HR 676
• Texas AFL-CIO is 21st State Federation to Endorse HR 676
• Republican Controlled County Legislature Strongly Endorses HR 676
• Milwaukee AFT Teachers' Local Endorses HR 676

• CLC's in San Antonio and Hartford Endorse HR 676; Total Now 81
• First CLC in Montana and Wisconsin CLC Endorse HR 676
• IAM Locals in Superior and Ashland, Wisconsin Endorse HR 676
• Musicians International Union Convention Endorses HR 676
• SEIU United Healthcare Workers West Strongly Supports HR 676