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The One Huge Omission In Clinton's Voting Rights Speech
Any serious voting rights agenda must include the most direct assault on voting rights: the 4 million Americans who are disenfranchised while still on parole or probation.
Progressive Breakfast
Final Fast Track Showdown Today House Dems might thwart fast track today by killing Trade Adjustment Assistance first. NYT: "The trade assistance measure, long opposed by Republicans as ineffective and unnecessary, was devised to attract support for the trade...
A Look At The "Trade" Votes That Will Happen Today In the House
Votes on two more bills today will lead up to the big vote on fast track, which essentially preapproves the still-secret TPP. There are still reportedly 33 Democrats and 83 Republicans in the "undecided" column.
Data Smokescreen Covers Up Real Problems in Public Education
The testing/data mania in education is not only failing to measure how well schools are serving their students, it is acting as a smokescreen that covers up the real problems in public education.
Congress To Vote On Fast Track Friday: Wall Street Or Main Street?
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on the fast track bill that would effectively preapprove the Trans-Pacific Partnership and future so-called "trade" trade agreements. The vote is expected to be close.
Carbon Tax Gets a Hearing at a Conservative Think Tank
Two senators tell the right-wing American Enterprise Institute that making polluters pay for the carbon they release into the atmosphere is based on "core conservative principles." It's still a hard sell.
Education Policy Descends Into A Sad Proxy Battle
As the policy battle over mandatory testing is waged across the nation, new evidence of a real civil rights concern is being completely ignored by federal leaders and the policy elite in Washington.
Progressive Breakfast
Fast Track Friday Boehner sticks with plan to begin voting process today with final vote tomorrow, despite last-minute dispute. Politico: "...Boehner agreed to drop [a Medicare] offset and revert to more stringent tax restrictions to pay for Trade Adjustment...
Push Comes to Shove on Fast Track
The vote on fast track is slated for Friday. It is too close to call. The backroom dealing is frenzied. But the choice is simple: Will we continue our ruinous trade policies or will Congress set a new course?
Pressure Increases From Left For SEC Chair To Step Down
The Project on Government Oversight has called on Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White to step down, in the wake of a scathing critique from Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
