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The following op-ed by Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, appears in today’s edition of The Washington Examiner. Canada has Card Check lessons for U.S. By Rep. Howard McKeon, OpEd Contributor 3/13/09 5:17 AM This may come as a surprise, but when it comes to American labor law, we have a lot to learn from our neighbors to the nor... Read more »

One of the most persistent myths about the anti-worker card check plan is the notion that small businesses would be exempt from its damaging consequences. In an opinion piece published today in The Washington Times, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon puts the myth to rest once and for all. What small-business exemption? By now, the dire consequences of Big Labor's card check scheme are well known. Worke... Read more »

In case you missed it, the following op-ed by Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) appears in The Hill newspaper today as part of a special section on health care reform. McKeon is the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee and a member of the House Republican Health Care Task Force. Cure should not be worse than disease By Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) Healthcare reform is at... Read more »

Adding his voice to a growing chorus of opinion leaders, legal experts, and hardworking Americans, the Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives has penned a compelling defense of secret ballot voting rights for American workers. The op-ed from Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), slated for publication in the March 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report, exposes the misnamed Employee Free Cho... Read more »

The following op-ed, penned by Rep. John Kline (R-MN) and published in the Star Tribune, explains how the anti-worker card check plan would undermine workers’ basic democratic rights. Kline is the senior Republican member of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee and a leading voice in the fight to protect the secret ballot for workers. A recent article characterized the debate s... Read more »

The following op-ed appears online at Townhall.com. In it, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, highlights the hypocrisy of Democratic leaders who support the secret ballot for themselves or for foreign workers, but who would abolish the secret ballot in American workplaces. Secret Ballot Hypocrisy Howard McKeon Friday, January... Read more »