Leaders of the nation's largest labor federation announced Wednesday that they would spend more money this year than ever before to get voters to the polls in a midterm election they hoped would return Democrats to power in Congress. Karen Ackerman, political director of the 9-million-member AFL-CIO, said the federation would spend $40 million on its voter turnout effort this year, compared with $35 million in the last congressional midterm election.
See "Labor Group Takes $40-Million Aim at Midterm Elections", Maura Reynolds, August 30, 2006