Barack Obama

Republicans Politicize Secret Service, GSA Scandals

Sahil Kapur | April 25, 2012, 5:58AM

Karl Rove

Karl Rove warned Republicans that attempts to link President Obama to the ongoing Secret Service and GSA scandals would be perceived as political overreach. But so far, they haven't been able to help themselves.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) pushed full speed ahead this week, writing a letter to the White House seeking answers on whether others were somehow involved in the Secret Service prostitution scandal. Then on Tuesday he suggested on an Iowa radio station that the Colombian prostitutes at the heart of the inquiry may have been Russian spies.

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FAA

Mica's Punts On Anti-Union FAA Issue, Unions Celebrate

Susan Crabtree | September 9, 2011, 4:22PM

Unions were breathing a sigh of relief Friday morning after House Republicans punted a contentious anti-union issue preventing funding for the Federal Aviation Administration to the end of December, providing back pay to agency workers and giving opponents more time to organize and fight GOP-backed anti-labor provisions.

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FAA

Powerful Union Escalates Campaign Against GOP Push To Weaken Unions On Threat Of FAA Shutdown

Brian Beutler | August 30, 2011, 6:15AM

A powerful union will escalate a fight with Republicans over the party's push to make it harder for rail and airline workers to unionize.

This week, the Communications Workers of America will launch direct mail and robocall campaigns against the GOP's top transportation policy maker, and about two dozen other GOP members of the House of Representatives, according to officials.

The campaign stems from a months-long fight over legislation to permanently reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration programs. House Republicans want to use that bill to fiddle with mediation rules, so that airline workers who abstain from voting on whether to form a union would be tallied as having voted "no."

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