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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.
Congress Gets 400,000 Signatures Demanding Debt-Free College
Those who signed in support of a debt-free college resolution “urge Hillary Clinton and all Democrats to make big ideas like debt-free college central to their 2016 campaigns.”
Obama's Climate Summer
Obama moves to protect the climate. The congressional GOP moves to block him, even urging states to break the law. But some Republicans are complicating the climate deniers' message.
Government by Bagmen
Our experiment in self-governance has spawned a highest-bidder-take-all bazaar. This hiring of former members of Congress as bagmen isn’t an exclusively Republican phenomenon. It’s the name of the game.
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Fast Track Vote Friday? GOP aiming for Friday vote, but nothing is firm. Politico: "Senior aides and lawmakers in GOP leadership are intent on scheduling the vote at the moment they believe they have the votes locked up — ideally by Friday, to spare supportive...
Police Violence Against Blacks Has An Economic Context
Police violence against unarmed African Americans occurs against a too-often-ignored backdrop of economic disparity that both fuels and informs the resentments and racial tensions behind the events.
The 19 Democrats in the TPP Hall of Shame
Nineteen Democrats have joined 110 Republicans in support of fast track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Meanwhile, there are 145 minds to sway, including 41 Democrats.
Some Corinthian Students Feel 'Betrayed' By Debt-Forgiveness Offer
The Department of Education announcement of debt relief for students left hanging by bankrupt for-profit college comes with bureaucratic hoops that blunts the impact of what would otherwise be a victory.
