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Advocacy Groups, in Big Ad Campaigns, Step Up Intensity of Senate Races

 
Two independent advocacy groups are trying to turn a relatively low-profile pro-labor vote in Congress into a major impediment for Democrats as they seek to expand their Senate majority. > (link)

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