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PA Moves Toward Cleaner Energy
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell sought to fill the leadership vacuum on energy independence, left by the Bush White House. Rendell announced a plan for a $850M Energy Independence Fund, which would create financial incentives for citizens to install solar...
If You Can't Beat 'Em ... Bribe 'Em And Brainwash Their Kids
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the "world's leading authority" on the issue with scientists from 113 nations, was released this morning. And as the NY Times reports, it's "the first time the group asserted with near certainty —...
State of Delusion
Check out our new video, truth-squadding Bush's State of the Union address: Also, if you missed it earlier, here's Robert Borosage's takedown of Bush's speech, and here's where you can write your local newspapers and get the facts out about the real state of our...
Min Wage (With Business Tax Breaks) Clears Senate
Late today, the Senate passed its version of a minimum wage increase 94-3. Unlike the House bill, the Senate version includes tax giveaways to business, and it's unclear what happens next. (Who are the three winners of the Deepest Hatred of Workers Award? Bob Geiger...
Laws, Shmaws
To insist on integrity in American business we passed tough reforms, and we are holding corporate criminals to account. Some might call this a good record. I call it a good start. -- President George W. Bush, State of the Union 2003 President Bush cautioned against...
Big Pharma Lobbies Up
When it comes to health care, will the new Congress, unlike the previous conservative Congress, side with the public interest over the special interest? The pharmaceutical giants are worried the answer is yes. So they're hooking up with Democratic lobbyists in hopes...
Blogger Call with Sen. Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held a conference call with bloggers earlier this afternoon. I asked him where the minimum wage bill will go after this week's expected approval of a version including business tax breaks. Yesterday's NY Times said that the Senate...
Crippling Our Civil Service
Bill Scher blogs for Campaign for America's Future. Today's NY Times reports that Bush issued a new executive order intended to undermine our civil service: ...each [government] agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee, to...
Crippling Our Civil Service
Today's NY Times reports that Bush issued a new executive order intended to undermine our civil service: ...each [government] agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee, to supervise the development of rules and documents providing...
Step Towards a Global Warming Plan
Congressional committee appointments are certainly inside baseball (come to think of it, the term "inside baseball" is inside baseball) but Speaker Pelosi's move to create a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is a big deal. You might think that...
