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Bipartisan Agreements In Congress House passes No Child Left Behind revamp. AP: "The legislation would maintain a key feature of the Bush-era law: annual reading and math testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school [but] would encourage states to...
Message to Janet Yellen: Focus The Fed On Full Employment
Before Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen makes a Capitol Hill appearance, progressives told Congress that a Fed move to raise interest rates now would devastate communities hit hardest by the Great Recession.
So Much For Conservative Terror Scare Talk
You might have heard a few things about terror and ISIS in the last few weeks. You might not have heard that Republicans in Congress are blocking a vote to keep those terrorists from being able to buy guns.
So Much For Conservative Deficit Scare Talk
Republicans in Congress and the corporate-funded conservative echo chamber are temporarily pausing from scaring people with "deficit" propaganda and quietly passing a bunch of tax cuts for special interests.
Not-So-Fun Facts About Income Inequality
The latest Institute for Policy Studies report on the Forbes 400 and the rest of us underscores why we urgently need "policies that directly address the top-heavy distribution of wealth."
Right-Wing Rhetoric Draws Blood
A Thanksgiving holiday marred by shootings should remind us that our biggest terrorist threat comes not from Syrian refugees fleeing extremist violence, but from homegrown right-wing extremists.
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Transportation Bill Expected To Pass Congress Congress strikes deal for 5-year transportation bill. The Hill: "The measure calls for spending approximately $205 billion on highways and $48 billion on transit projects over the next five years. It also reauthorizes the...
Obama Makes The Green Jobs Connection In Paris. Is India Listening?
While Obama has championed the "green jobs" cause since his first day in the Oval Office, his primary audience this time wasn't recalcitrant Republicans. It was fossil fuel hungry nation of India.
Business Group Launches Anti-TPP Ad Campaign
The group's print ads will appear in Politico, The Hill, and Roll Call and are intended to drive awareness of the lack of enforceable currency provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Hillary Goes "Modest" On Infrastructure Hillary Clinton offers more detail to her infrastructure plan. NYT: "The plan would increase federal funding for infrastructure by $275 billion, with $250 billion from direct public investment and $25 billion to create a...
