Archive
Progressive Breakfast
Fast Track Filibuster Fails Cloture vote sets up final fast track passage in Senate today. The Hill: "Thirteen Democrats backed fast-track in Tuesday’s vote, handing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a major legislative victory. [Past supporter] Sen. Ben...
Wall Street And Big Corporations Got What They Wanted – This Time
This fast-track trade authority push was different, more aggressive, less concerned with how it looked. Is this how business will be done in the 21st century? Maybe, but maybe not.
The Right-Wing Fingerprints on The Charleston Massacre
While he alone held the gun, and pulled the trigger, the shooter’s manifesto reveals the right-wing fingerprints all over the racist act of terrorism in Charleston, South Carolina.
Senate Votes To Fast-Track Jobs Out, More Corporate Power In
"This is a day of celebration in the corporate suites," said Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown after the vote – and a day to resolve to replace Wall Street-beholden members of Congress with true representatives of the people's interests.
Progressive Breakfast
Tight Vote Today On Fast Track Sen. Ted Cruz threatens "no" vote on fast track in Breitbart oped: "I cannot vote for TPA unless McConnell and Boehner both commit publicly to allow the Ex-Im Bank to expire—and stay expired. And, Congress must also pass the...
March in Virginia and North Carolina Against Voter Suppression
A voting rights rally in Roanoke, Va. on Thursday to urge Congress to restore a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court struck down will be followed by a demonstration in North Carolina next month.
Sorely Needed: New Trade Vision
Instead of conceding 20 years of failure and forging a new path on trade, the House cleared the way to destroy more American jobs. The Senate votes today on fast-tracking more jobs and factories overseas.
The Political Center Is Moving Left
If the center of gravity moves from under the Republicans' feet, 2016 is going to be their 1988 – the last gasp before their ideological dead weight has to be thrown overboard.
The Flag That Offends 100 Million Americans
The horrific massacre at the Emanuel AME Church signals that It's long past time to take down the Confederate flag. If the Charleston murderer understands that that flag represents his racist cause, why doesn’t everyone?
Progressive Breakfast
Fast Track Vote Looms Fast track cloture vote "as early as Tuesday" reports The Hill: " ... the Senate would also take up Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) ... as part of a [separate] trade preferences bill ... McConnell sought to reassure Democrats that TAA could...
