by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Trying to break a House-Senate stalemate over competing minimum wage bills, Rep. Charlie Rangel is planning on moving a bill with $1 billion in business tax breaks, separate from the minimum wage bill, according to CQ Today. That's much smaller than the $8.3 billion...
by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2007 | Blog
If the head of Wal-Mart and the head of Wal-Mart Watch agree we need universal health care, then we need universal health care. QED. McClatchy Newspapers has the story: A group of businesses and labor unions - led by Wal-Mart and one of the retailer's staunchest...
by Bill Scher | Feb 6, 2007 | Blog
Earlier today, Bloggingheads.tv posted a diavlog between Eric Alterman and myself. Among other topics, we discussed how the Senate should deal with the conservative minority seeking to thwart priorities shared by Campaign for America's Future. You can jump to that...
by Bill Scher | Feb 6, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, presidential hopeful John Edwards announced a health care plan titled, Universal Health Care Through Shared Responsibility. The New Republic reports today that a core feature of the plan is "the essential idea behind another health care reform plan that has...
by Bill Scher | Feb 6, 2007 | Blog
CQ Today notes that on subsidies to Big Oil, the Bush budget proposal actually inches towards the recently passed House bill, which takes back $14 billion in giveaways and invests it in renewable energy. CQ reports: In a nod to Democrats seeking to end subsidies for...
