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Take Big Oil Off The Public Dole
Jerome Ringo, president of the Apollo Alliance, sent the following to supporters today: Tomorrow, the new House leaders will take on our Big Oil energy policy. They will take a long overdue first step toward real, sustainable energy independence. And the best part: it...
Dirty Wage Bill Gets A Little Cleaner
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus is still refusing to pass a "clean" minimum wage bill without business tax giveaways. But now he's looking to make a slight improvement to his dirty bill: paying for the revenue loss of wider business loopholes, by closing...
Dubya Doublespeak on Halving Student Loan Rates
The House is expected to pass legislation today that will cut some student loan rates in half, saving the average student $4,420 without costing taxpayers a dime. This is a critical first step in making college affordable for all students and working families. As the...
Passion or Positioning
Robin Toner has front page analysis in the New York Times today on how Dems are seeking the "middle on social issues." Most of this is common sense. Dems will control agenda in House and use that to block votes on issues like gay marriage or partial birth abortion...
Health Care For America: Blog Roundup
Lots of blog discussion about the new Health Care for America plan announced last week by Jacob Hacker and the Economic Policy Institute. (Roger Hickey's post summing up the plan is here.) Tapped's Ezra Klein praises the simplicity: "...unlike the other [new] plans,...
W. Post Crusade Against Fair Drug Prices Continues
Last Thursday, when the Washington Post ran two pieces attacking the Democratic plan to empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices, I asked, "Is the Washington Post actively trying to thwart the First 100 Hours goal to empower Medicare to negotiate for lower drug...
The Real Middle Ground
Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus is firmly establishing himself as the buzzkill of The First 100 Hours. After dirtying up a minimum wage bill with special interest tax breaks, now he's undermining Dem efforts to pass a bill requiring Medicare to negotiate for lower...
Maximizing The Minimum
Bill Scher blogs for Campaign for America's Future. This blog originally appeared in The Huffington Post. Yesterday was a great day for the American worker and the American economy, as the House passed a long overdue raise in the minimum wage to $7.25 an...
Health Care For America
The great debate over how to fundamentally fix our broken health care system just got a lot more interesting. Today, the Economic Policy Institute released the Health Care for America plan – a simple yet sophisticated approach crafted by Jacob Hacker, author of “The...
Media Bias Against Dem Drug Plan Continues
Is the Washington Post actively trying to thwart the First 100 Hours goal to empower Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices? Today, the Post prints a one-two punch of misleading information. On the "news" side, we have particularly egregious piece broadly...
