Visto que un estimado 8 mil dueños de casas tienen sus hipotecas ejecutadas cada día, legislación para bregar con la crisis debe de ser una prioridad alta en el Congreso. Pero luchadores por viviendas asequibles dicen que el Congreso y el gobierno Bush han fracasado miserablemente en como tratan con una crisis que está dejando a millones sin su hogar y empujando a la economía a una recesión. 
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| July 5, 2008
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CHICAGO – Tratando de combatir las imagenes negativas en los medios de comuicación sobre los trabajadores indocumentados, los concejales George Cárdenas y Manny Flores, están introduciendo una resolución en el Concejo Municipal de Chicago que condena la retórica de odio presente en el debate nacional sobre la inmigración y para afirmar el apoyo de la ciudad en pos de los derechos de los inmigrantes.
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With 8,000 homeowners hit by foreclosure each day, legislation to meet the crisis ought to be high on the Capitol Hill agenda. But fighters for decent, affordable housing say the Bush administration and Republican lawmakers are blocking action.
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CHICAGO — Every day 82 people die due to gun violence throughout the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control. Chicago Public School officials say 27 students have died by gunfire since September 2007. One weekend here left nine people dead in 36 shootings and the week after that five people were found shot to death inside a pillaged South Side home. Chicago Police Department statistics show that from 2004 to November 2007 there were 43,685 firearms-related crimes in Chicago.
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors June 23 adopted a resolution endorsing HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), would expand the Medicare system to cover everyone in the United States under a single-payer national health insurance system.
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Only a handful of auto workers at the Lordstown, Ohio plant showed up for a meeting that management arranged for those who wanted to meet Republican presidential candidate John McCain when he toured the plant June 27.
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With 8,000 homeowners hit by foreclosure each day, legislation to meet the crisis ought to be high on the Capitol Hill agenda. But fighters for decent, affordable housing say the Bush administration and Republican lawmakers are blocking action.
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Every day 82 people die to gun violence throughout the U.S. according to the Centers for Disease Control. Chicago Public School officials say 27 students have died by gunfire since September 2007.
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The AFL-CIO officially endorsed Barack Obama for president on June 26.
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CHICAGO – CNN’s Lou Dobbs has made a name and lots of money for himself by railing against immigrants, contributing to an atmosphere of hate and fear. When that happens, sometimes you have to say, “Enough!”
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