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Democrats see a bright spot in Georgia. With polls showing a close race, Democratic candidate Michelle Nunn has the chance to win a seat currently held by a Republican, giving her party a much needed opportunity to preserve their majority in the Senate.

Like many Senate races around the country, Nunn must first overcome being tied to President Barack Obama who is unpopular in the state. She is doing that by switching her attention away from herself and highlighting her opponents background as a business executive.

Perdue has come under fire for saying in a deposition in 2005 that he spent most of his career outsourcing jobs, a phrase he recently defended.

As NBC News pointed out, thats a salient argument in a state with the highest unemployment rate in the country.

Thats right, under oath David Perdue admitted he spent most of his career outsourcing jobs overseas to places like China and Mexico, the narrator says in one of Nunns ads attacking Perdue.

Perdue, meanwhile, is now trying to reverse the stigma as a wealthy, out of touch executive. He released an ad Saturday that portrays him as someone who understands the challenges of the middle class while insisting Nunn doesnt.

Like you, David Perdue believes President Obama and Michelle Nunns policies are taking our country in the wrong direction, the narrator says.

The catch with Georgia, however, is that one candidate has to receive more than 50 percent of the vote on November 4th or the race goes to a runoff on January 6 after the new Senate is sworn in.

Polls are showing the race between Nunn and Perdue extremely close with both candidates polling in the mid 40 percent range. Third party candidate, Libertarian Amanda Swafford, is polling around 4 percent.

A gubernatorial race is also playing out in Georgia, also with a famous family name. Jason Carter, President Jimmy Carters grandson, is trying to unseat incumbent Republican Nathan Deal. Carter could get a boost from the get out the vote efforts and other resources national Democrats are giving to Nunn. But this race could go to a runoff, too.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) Eight leading House Democrats called on the chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure corporate practices preventing whistleblowing will not be tolerated.

Led by Ranking Democrats of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and House Financial Services ranking Democrats, Rep. Elijah Cummings and Rep. Maxine Waters, respectively, the letter pointed out the success of the SECs Office of Whistleblower Protection, which they noted has led to more than 6,000 tips, complaints and enforcement functions.

But the letter addressed to SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White also pointed to a recent Washington Post article, which said companies restricted employees ability to report misconduct at their companies.

We also are concerned by a growing body of anecdotal evidence describing retaliation through litigation and on-the-job harassment, which if left unaddressed, will also deter future reporting of securities violations, the letter said.

The letter said the use of such limitations run contrary to the rule set by the SEC, which says nothing shall impede communications to the Commission, including using or threatening to use a confidentiality agreement.

We urge the Commission to send a strong message to industry, including by bringing enforcement actions if necessary, that such acts will not be tolerated, the letter said.

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Why Not Immigration Reform?

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Nigel Farage - Miliband promises immigration reform
Nigel Farage #39;s reactino to Miliband #39;s latest announcement for #39;serious reform #39; to immigration in the UK.

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Advocates for Central American mothers and children being held in detention in the United States while seeking asylum had hoped that someone from the White House, or maybe the National Security Council, would show up at a Monday hearing of international human rights monitors.

Instead, the administration sent officials who implement policy, but dont set it, to answer concerns about how the Department of Homeland Security has handled the recent influx of unaccompanied minors from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Were disappointed that those making the decisions are not here, Brittney Nystrom, of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

But their disappointment in the president is even greater.

Youd think that this administration, at this point in time, would want to do the right thing in guaranteeing due process to children, said Mary Meg McCarthy of the Heartland Alliances National Immigrant Justice Center. In some ways, she said, their rights were actually better protected under George W. Bush: The head of ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] at that time, Julie Myers, really believed in access to legal counsel, so there was at least that recognition.

Now, she feels the added irritant of this false compassion, too. What you hear from the administration is, Were trying to protect children from the coyotes, the traffickers they pay to bring them here when they wouldnt be making these journeys if their lives werent in danger.

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama raised hopes high on the separate issue of immigration reform: What I can guarantee, he said, is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and that Im promoting. And I want to move that forward as quickly as possible.

It isnt only that those expectations were dashed, said Abel Nuez, executive director of the Central American Resource Center in the District, but that there hasnt been much consistency from President Obama over the years.

With Bush, Nuez said, we kind of knew where he was coming from. His party hamstrung him in the end, and the immigration reform he pushed for never came close to happening then, either. But Obama says both things making promises and then pulling back from them when the political calculus changes and thats what I find most frustrating. After promising executive action on immigration by the end of this summer, he came back to the immigration community and said, Oops. Obama says he is waiting until after the upcoming election to act.

On the issue of unaccompanied minors, Obama has acknowledged the seriousness of the gang violence that children are fleeing, but he also has suggested that rumors implying that those who arrived illegally could stay for years were a major factor in the influx.

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