AFSCME, one of the nation's largest unions, is buying advertisements critical of proposed federal budget cuts in social programs for the middle-class and poor -- aiming the ads at seven GOP House members. The $500,000 ad buy by AFSCME includes a national ad starting Monday on CNN and local ads on both cable and broadcast TV starting Tuesday in markets covering the congressional districts of GOP Reps.
See "Union Ads Aim to Pressure House Members", Associated Press, The New York Times, December 12, 2005