by Bill Scher | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
CBO Ignores Cost Savings In Health Care Bill, More Still To Come CBO chief dumps on current incarnations of health care bills in Senate testimony. W. Post: "Congress's chief budget analyst delivered a devastating assessment yesterday of the health-care proposals...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 17, 2009 | Blog
Some stories don't really require elaboration. This from Politico's Playbook this a.m. The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then flipped and sided...
by Steven Capozzola | Jul 16, 2009 | Blog, China Currency Showdown
In Pittsburgh today, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the Obama administration will take a more aggressive approach to supporting American industrial workers through greater protection of labor rights and more aggressive monitoring of overseas trade...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 16, 2009 | Blog
The right-wing blogosphere is abuzz over the supposed smackdown between Sen. Barbara Boxer and Harry C. Alford, who portrays himself as an "African American and a veteran" who is insulted at Boxer's alleged racism and calls her on it. Well, as an African American I...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 16, 2009 | Blog
It's worth slogging through the minutes of the June Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting. Read the deliberations of the Fed board members and staff and you see an economic horizon that is much more dangerous than what is suggested by the assurances of the...
