Specter: Deal ‘pounded out’ on card-check, should pass this year

The Hill reports:

Senators have hammered out a compromise that would allow unions to swell their ranks, and a key lawmaker said it should pass this year.

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) on Tuesday told the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh that he has been working hard “for hours” on a deal with other key senators, such as Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), as well as labor leaders, on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).

No word yet from legendary labor leader Bruno Caruso on this one.