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  • ** FILE ** Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican (Associated Press)

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  • Illustration: Obamacare by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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  • President Obama gives a thumbs up to a supporter at a campaign rally at the Community College of Aurora in Aurora, Colo. on Nov. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

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  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    MIX: Home invasion by Big Labor

    Last month, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law a bill that designates home-based child care and personal care providers, many of whom are self-employed business owners, as state workers solely for the purpose of forcing them into union ranks.

  • Illustration Obama's Taxes by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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  • Job seekers at a recent Los Angeles career fair were less likely than before the recession to find full-time work. Starting Jan. 1, larger employers must provide health care benefits to those who put in at least 30 hours a week. (Associated Press)

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  • Eric Glatt, a Georgetown law student, poses for a photograph on their campus, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Washington. Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad. But those days of working for free could be numbered after a federal judge in New York ruled this week that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage and overtime laws by not paying interns who worked on production of the 2010 movie "Black Swan." Glatt was one of the interns. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Philipp Roesler during a session of German parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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  • The Secret Ballot Protection Act offered by Rep. David P. Roe, Tennessee Republican, would require private voting on whether to form a union. "That's how I got elected," he said. (House of Representatives)

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    House Republicans took another swing at the Obama administration Thursday, introducing two bills that would combat union activism on the part of the National Labor Relations Board.

  • IRS misses a legitimate mark

    As the Internal Revenue Service scandal continues to widen, it is becoming increasingly clear that some groups with left-leaning agendas were given preferential treatment. Case in point: The Restaurant Opportunities Center, a labor union front group masquerading as a nonprofit, which routinely ignores IRS reporting requirements without facing any consequences for it.

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