http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23852/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/journalists-union-helped-push-nuclear-option-huffpo-admits <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Communications Workers of America has promoted a liberal agenda in the past. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/mike-ciandella">Mike Ciandella</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img alt="Larry Cohen with Ed Schultz" src="/sites/default/files/uploads/Larry%20Cohen.jpg" style="float: right;" height="315" width="600" />The Communications Workers of America, which includes a prominent journalism union, is taking credit for Sen. Harry Reid’s use of the nuclear option. That option is a Senate rule which prevents the GOP from blocking presidential nominees.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Mike Ciandella is Research Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@mikeciandella" target="_blank">Follow Mike Ciandella on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/journalists-union-helped-push-nuclear-option-huffpo-admits" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Government Media CWA Larry Cohen Newspaper Guild shutdown Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:38:03 +0000 dan.gainor 45017 at http://archive2.mrc.org