Democratic-Failure

Employee Free Choice Act Abandoned Despite Democratic Supermajority, Corporate Lobbying Victory

2009-03-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Senator Arlen Specter announces on March 24, 2009, that he will not support the Employee Free Choice Act, effectively killing labor’s top legislative priority despite Democratic control of the presidency and both houses of Congress. EFCA would have allowed workers to form unions through …

Barack Obama U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable AFL-CIO U.S. Senate +1 more labor labor-law-reform corporate-lobbying card-check filibuster +1 more

Congressional Iraq Authorization Vote Based on WHIG Fabrications

2002-10-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Congress authorizes military force against Iraq through a vote systematically manipulated by the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), which deliberately distorted intelligence assessments. This vote represents a critical moment of democratic failure, where executive manipulation bypassed congressional …

White House Iraq Group Dick Cheney Karl Rove Condoleezza Rice Karen Hughes +2 more iraq-authorization congressional-vote whig-deception democratic-failure unauthorized-war +2 more