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Long Island activist shows up to back Schumer on 'fiscal cliff'

Wednesday November 28, 2012 7:05 PM By Thomas Brune

Charlene Obernauer conceded it was a "kumbaya" meeting, but she said she felt it was important to trek from Hauppauge to Washington today to talk for a few minutes with a staffer in Sen. Charles Schumer's office.

Obernauer is executive director of the activist group Long Island Jobs with Justice, and she said she wanted to make sure the senior New York Democratic senator knows her...

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