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Progressive Breakfast - 4/2/2009
G-20 Disagreements Persist NYT on continued disagreement over global regulation: "[France President Nicolas] Sarkozy added that tougher regulation — he has called for a 'global regulator' that would be able to reach inside the borders of the United States and other...
Everything is Not Slavery
Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t occur to me to respond to the madness of Michele Bachmann. There’s a point at which merely legitimizes mindless rantings like hers, and dignifies them are more than they deserve. However, there is a point at which those unhinged...
Time to Deliver: The Transformation to Come
Last week, I wrote: "After a transformational election and at the beginning of a transformational presidency, progressives need to remember: the real transformation hasn't happened yet." The truth is, there will be a transformation. The question is what kind of...
Progressive Breakfast: New Climate In Congress
Climate Campaign Launches In Congress AP reports on new House legislation from key chairman Reps. Henry Waxman and Ed Markey: "House Democrats outlined a plan Tuesday to cut greenhouse gases by 20% over the next decade and 83% by mid-century, proposing a speedier...
What A Progressive Budget Looks Like
Unlike the 19-page propaganda document House Republicans lamely called their alternative budget last week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a real budget with real numbers. Plus, it gets to the core of the country's fiscal problems, not with...
Time for a Grand Inquest on the Financial Crisis
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has called for "sweeping regulation" of the financial community, beginning a discussion of how we restructure the banking system—in and out of the shadows—as we emerge from what Robert Kuttner calls the Great Collapse. Literally...
Progressive Breakfast - 4/1/2009
Climate Campaign Launches In Congress AP reports on new House legislation from key chairman Reps. Henry Waxman and Ed Markey: "House Democrats outlined a plan Tuesday to cut greenhouse gases by 20% over the next decade and 83% by mid-century, proposing a speedier...
Toxic Flaws In The Toxic Asset Plan
There are at least three serious flaws in the financial rescue plan that the Treasury Department has put forward for the banking system that financial expert and Institute for America's Future board member Rob Johnson lays out in an interview with Jane Hamsher of...
Progressive Breakfast: Obama Tells Congress, Pass This Budget
President: Pass Budget to Propel Health Care, Clean Energy CNN on President meeting with House Democrats, a few who are wavering: "…the president told members, "I need your vote in passing the budget. If we do that, we will create a sense of momentum that will...
Progressive Breakfast - 3/31/2009
President: Pass Budget to Propel Health Care, Clean Energy CNN on President meeting with House Democrats, a few who are wavering: "...the president told members, "I need your vote in passing the budget. If we do that, we will create a sense of momentum that will allow...
