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Progressive Breakfast - 5/28/2010
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. Today, Bill Scher is off....
The Jobs Deficit: Tell Congress To Act
The jobs deficit is our No. 1 domestic economic priority, but today members of both houses of Congress behaved as if it's no big deal. The House was scheduled today to vote on a jobs and tax extenders bill after Democratic leaders cut back the size of the bill to...
The Jobs Deficit & The Breaking Point, Pt 1.
Like the college professor he is, Dr. Bernard Anderson, member of the National Urban League President's Council of Economic Advisors, came to this weeks "Putting America Back To Work" forum with three points he wanted those gathered to take away with them....
GOP Wants a Country by Corporations for Corporations
Tea Party darling and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul spoke last week like the political novice he is – revealing unfiltered GOP “truths.” First he informed MSNBC talk show host Rachel Maddow that government should not be able to force businesses to serve...
Car Dealers and Consumer Protections
Richard (RJ) Eskow wrote a couple of days ago, in Traded-In: These "Used" Senators Sold Out The Troops For Auto Dealer Cash You know why Americans place car salespeople at the very bottom of the list when asked to rate professions for honesty and ethics? Probably...
Emergency Alert: Blue Dogs Impeding Action On Jobs
Even though House Democrats have cut back on the size of a jobs and tax extenders bill Thursday night, the legislation is still facing uncertainty in both the House and the Senate at this hour. Congress Daily reports that the Blue Dog coalition of conservative...
Progressive Breakfast - 5/27/2010
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. Dems Scale Back Jobs Bill To...
"No More Secrecy": Open The Wall Street Negotiations and Empower Voters
The Campaign for America's Future (CAF), CREDO, and MoveOn have launched a petition campaign to ensure that the House/Senate deliberations on financial reform be "fully transparent." The good news? The government has the ability, the resources, and the talent to make...
Scaling Back Our Bloated Financial Sector
It's been apparent for several weeks that the largest U.S. banking behemoths will remain as big and dangerous as they are today once President Barack Obama signs off on the Wall Street reform bill. But individual oversized banks are not the only problem Big Finance...
What Is An Emergency? Afghanistan Or Our Children?
Congress is about to pass an additional $32 billion to pay for the war In Afghanistan. It will have overwhelming bipartisan support, with legislators eager to display their fealty to the troops in an election year. At the same time, the Congress is struggling with a...
