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Jeffrey Schoenberg's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Labor Unions

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78%
2012
78%
2012
81%
2011
81%
2011
55%
2011
55%
2011
87%
2010
87%
2010
55%
2009
55%
2009
87%
2009
87%
2009
100
2007
100
2007
96%
2005
96%
2005
100%
2004
100%
2004
80%
2003
80%
2003
89%
2001
89%
2001
97%
1999
97%
1999
89%
1997
89%
1997
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