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These Are The House Republicans Blocking The Crackdown On China Currency Manipulation Call Them
We buy a lot from China, and they don't buy much from us. Some call that "trade." The result is that our jobs, factories, companies, industries and wealth are moving to China. One very big thing we can do about this right now is to confront China over their currency...
Republicans Block Senate From Even Talking About Jobs
Yesterday, an unanimous Senate Republican caucus didn't just lead a filibuster to kill the American Jobs Act. The Republicans stopped the Senate from even beginning to have a discussion about doing anything at all to create jobs. Typically, a filibuster happens after...
Progressive Breakfast - 10/12/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Ideological...
Ideological Inanity The Republican Economic Debate
The Republican debate on the economy was staged in New Hampshire, but quickly descended into a netherworld of Republican ideological cant. Each candidate brought the idiosyncratic traits we’re learning to expect. Gingrich blustered about throwing Chris Dodd and Barney...
Why should Congress pass China currency legislation
The U.S. must address China’s deliberately undervalued currency. What few seem to understand is that we are already in a trade war with China. It’s not one that we launched, nor one that we wanted. But China’s undervaluation of its currency, which...
Budget Process Revisions Won’t Solve the Problem
Originally published at Capital Gains and Games This is not a defense of the Congressional budget process. How could it be? With annual budget resolutions and appropriations now among the hardest things on the planet to pass, with deficit reduction effort after...
The Perennial Revolutionary Programme Of Antiquity
courtesy Jonathan Schwarz I've been getting a fair amount of static for my post the other day warning about tribal politics rearing its ugly head as the Occupy movement continues. It's not just the billionaires who will put their resources to bear to...
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Will The U.S....
Progressive Breakfast - 10/11/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Will The U.S....
Will The US House Side With China On Currency
If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to do something about trade. The huge trade imbalances -- especially with China -- are sucking our jobs and factories and companies...
