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China Currency Still Manipulated - Senate To Act
After all this time China is still manipulating its currency, the Obama administration is still not able to get them to change, their exports are still rising relative to the rest of the world, global imbalances are still bubbling out of control, jobs are still being...
Climate Vote Shows Gulf Gusher Changed Nothing In Senate
If you thought one of the biggest oil spills in history would automatically propel strong legislation to cap carbon emissions and avert a climate crisis, think again. Democratic Senate leaders beat back a conservative attempt to kneecap the EPA's ability to regulate...
Progressive Breakfast - 6/11/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Positive Notes After First Day Of...
America’s Future Now! Three Days of Conference, Years of Work Ahead
The Campaign for America's Future’s America’s Future Now! conference just finished. It revealed a remarkable unity of vision, and a careful balance in troubled times. Progressives came together and credited President Obama and the Congressional Democrats for...
Steelworkers, Wind Manufacturers Team Up
The United Steelworkers (USW) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today announced a a joint ‘Framework Agreement’ to create a 'Partnership for Progress' to accelerate the development and deployment of wind energy manufacturing in the U.S. Denise Bode, CEO...
The Conference Committee Must Strengthen Wall Street Reforms
Conference Committee negotiations on Wall Street reform begin today, with several key battles still unresolved. Thanks to intense progressive pressure, those negotiations are going to be televised live. You can watch the sessions on the web right here, using a stream...
Conservatives Call For Massive Deficits To Create JOBS
Saying that the Obama "stimulus" was not big enough, conservatives are demanding that the government massively increase deficit spending to create badly-needed jobs. Newt Gingrich, at the conservative media outlet Human Events, calls for an Economic Freedom Act that...
Progressive Breakfast: Senate Showdown On Climate Today
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Major Climate Vote In Senate Today...
Progressive Breakfast - 6/10/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Major Climate Vote In Senate Today...
A New Front in the Income Inequality Wars?
Britain's new Conservative Party prime minister has an idea for ending pay excess in the public sector. Should overpaid execs in the private sector — in the United States — now be starting to shudder? Conservatives politicians have always enjoyed bashing...
