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Battles with public employees' unions spread on Tuesday, with Republican-dominated Legislatures pressing bills that would weaken collective bargaining and thousands of pro-union protesters marching on Capitol buildings in Columbus and Indianapolis.

With dozens of amendments pending as well as other pressing bills on the NSA and the highway trust fund, the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has pledged to keep the Senate in session as long as necessary to pass trade legislation.

Exiting Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid filed a cloture motion last night, pressing the bill forward.

"Take $6," said the mother, gently pressing the bills into his hand.

The move to personalise the row over the health and social care bill comes as it emerged on Wednesday that ministers are pressing for the bill to become law in less than three weeks time, on 20 March.

Republicans are pressing for a bill that is heavy on tax breaks for businesses.

All the companies were pressing for the bill to become law before new quarterly payments come due April 15.

It's no coincidence that these workers are members of the powerful 1199/S.E.I.U., headed by Dennis Rivera, which led a coalition pressing for the bill.

Reid's staff members urged AIPAC officials to stop pressing for the bill; their office had been open to a bipartisan process, they argued, but siding with the Republicans against Obama was hardly bipartisan.

In pressing for the bill, the Bells have adopted a time-honored technique: try to convince Congress that there is a problem and then convince Congress that the bill will solve it.

As the Senate girds for a crucial vote on the measure this week, supporters of legislation to establish permanent normal trading relations with China are pressing for a bill free of amendments.