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Democrats this fall are trying to buck history in the midterm elections by staying in control of Congress ndash; and party leaders see abortion rights as the way to pull it off.Following the Supreme Court stanley cup s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, empowering state legislatures to ban abortion, the Democratic Party has put unprecedented resources into making this year s midterm elections a referendum on abortion access. As of the end of September, Democrats have already invested over $124 million in abortion-related television advertising mdash; close to 20 times the amount the party spent on abortion ads during the previous midterm elections in 2018.All of that spending is for a reason: They re fighting an uphill battle against historical trends. Typically, midterm elections are not favorable to the political party in control of the preside stanley taza ncy. Since the end of World War II, the president s party has lost congressional seats in all but two midterm elections. On average, the party in the White House loses about 26 seats in the stanley mugs House each midterm. If President Biden and the Democrats lose that many seats, they will lose control of the chamber. Abortion-rights demonstrators shout slogans after tying green flags to a fence at the White House during a protest to pressure the Biden administration to act and protect abortion rights, in Washington, July 9, 2022. Jose Luis Whgw Clinton Foundation discloses speaking fees the Clintons collected
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Updated 5:40 p.m. ET CBS News Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered a rousing defense of public workers and the labor movement at the annual convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Los Angele stanley quencher s. You guys are under full-blown assault, he said, speaking to members of one of the nation s lar stanley mugg gest unions. This is the greatest assault on working-class people and their unions that I ve seen in my lifetime. Public workers have faced cuts to salaries and benefits as their unions have stared down the prospect of having collective-bargaining powers severely restricted in states currently governed by Republican governors and legislatures. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney threw fuel on the fire when he was accused of endorsing that kind of belt-tightening--even at the risk of slashing firefighters, teachers, and police officers.Biden said that a Romney presidency would see more of the same policies enacted on the federal level. They hear labor, and they hear enemy, Biden asserted in his fiery remarks. They hear labor and they see an opportunity to scapegoat labor for the problems they created. We owe you, Biden said. Unions should not be vilified. Correction: An earlier version of this story stanley cup misquoted one of Biden s remarks. He said unions should not be vilified.
Democrats this fall are trying to buck history in the midterm elections by staying in control of Congress ndash; and party leaders see abortion rights as the way to pull it off.Following the Supreme Court stanley cup s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, empowering state legislatures to ban abortion, the Democratic Party has put unprecedented resources into making this year s midterm elections a referendum on abortion access. As of the end of September, Democrats have already invested over $124 million in abortion-related television advertising mdash; close to 20 times the amount the party spent on abortion ads during the previous midterm elections in 2018.All of that spending is for a reason: They re fighting an uphill battle against historical trends. Typically, midterm elections are not favorable to the political party in control of the preside stanley taza ncy. Since the end of World War II, the president s party has lost congressional seats in all but two midterm elections. On average, the party in the White House loses about 26 seats in the stanley mugs House each midterm. If President Biden and the Democrats lose that many seats, they will lose control of the chamber. Abortion-rights demonstrators shout slogans after tying green flags to a fence at the White House during a protest to pressure the Biden administration to act and protect abortion rights, in Washington, July 9, 2022. Jose Luis Whgw Clinton Foundation discloses speaking fees the Clintons collected
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Updated 5:40 p.m. ET CBS News Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered a rousing defense of public workers and the labor movement at the annual convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Los Angele stanley quencher s. You guys are under full-blown assault, he said, speaking to members of one of the nation s lar stanley mugg gest unions. This is the greatest assault on working-class people and their unions that I ve seen in my lifetime. Public workers have faced cuts to salaries and benefits as their unions have stared down the prospect of having collective-bargaining powers severely restricted in states currently governed by Republican governors and legislatures. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney threw fuel on the fire when he was accused of endorsing that kind of belt-tightening--even at the risk of slashing firefighters, teachers, and police officers.Biden said that a Romney presidency would see more of the same policies enacted on the federal level. They hear labor, and they hear enemy, Biden asserted in his fiery remarks. They hear labor and they see an opportunity to scapegoat labor for the problems they created. We owe you, Biden said. Unions should not be vilified. Correction: An earlier version of this story stanley cup misquoted one of Biden s remarks. He said unions should not be vilified.