From People’s World: “The American middle class is under assault,” the platform declares. After a prior GOP “administration that was bent on destroying unions, the president and the Democratic Party believe in the right to organize” and in “supporting American workers with strong labor laws.” While platforms are usually filed…
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From TPM: On Sunday night, the drafting committee for the Democratic Party platform voted unanimously to include a plank supporting marriage equality, a Democratic source confirmed to TPM. The move comes after months of pressure from Democratic lawmakers, party officials and outside groups. The movement got a boost in May…
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From Metroweekly: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports the 2012 Democratic Party platform including, for the first time, language in full support of marriage equality, her spokesman told Metro Weekly on Tuesday evening, Feb. 14. The former House speaker’s support for the move comes in response to Freedom to…
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