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Published 4/23/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

A new ad paints Republicans as 'the party of no.' (CNN) – One of America's largest labor unions is teaming up with a prominent liberal interest group to target congressional Republicans' economic polices, calling the GOP the "party of no" in a new national ad buy coming only days before President Obama's first 100 days comes [...] (link)

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