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Video: Fast Track Explained In 7 Words
All the talk about “trade” deals might seem complicated, with all the “TPP” and “TPA” and “FTA” and “TTIP” floating around. It doesn’t have to be difficult, though.
Progressive Breakfast
Pressure On House GOP To Avert DHS Shutdown Senate could pass bill to fund Homeland Security today, House prospects unclear. W. Post: "...Boehner repeatedly declined to say Wednesday whether he would take up the Senate’s 'clean' bill ... Sen. Mark Kirk (Ill.), a...
A Voice for Workers at the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Board is deciding when to raise interest rates. Its decisions will decide if millions of Americans get jobs or pink slips, whether wages rise or stagnate. Workers need a voice in those deliberations.
Progressive Coalition Supports Crackdown On Retirement Advisers
Workers lose an estimated $17 billion in retirement savings a year because financial advisers have incentives to put their financial interests ahead of their customers'. A proposed regulation would address that.
People-Powered Campaign Pushes Back Against "Mayor 1 Percent"
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had everything going for him that an incumbent could hope for, but a populist uprising forced him into a run-off, in a re-election campaign he was almost certain to win.
Is The SEC Defying Dodd-Frank Law On Pay-Ratio Rule?
The 2010 Dodd-Frank law directs the SEC to require public companies to disclose the "pay ratio" between their CEO and median employees. Five years later the SEC still will not do this. Is the SEC simply defying the law?
Why Elizabeth Warren's 'Middle Class Prosperity Project' Matters
Could this project, using Warren's distinctive voice, help progressives present a bold alternative not only to destructive conservative policies but the Band-Aids and incremental measures of mainstream Democrats?
Dumb And Dumber In The Republican House Education Bill
The bill, the Student Success Act, was written completely by Republicans, passed through committee without any Democratic support, and has already drawn strong opposition from the Obama administration and others.
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Turn On Each Other McConnell prepared to offer a "clean" bill to fund Homeland Security. The Hill: "McConnell said he would be willing to vote on the clean measure before considering a separate bill that would prohibit the administration from implementing...
Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership Promises Echo Clinton's On NAFTA
Supporters promise TPP will have protections that will prevent more jobs from being lost due to overseas trade. We've heard those promises before. Look carefully at the record and you'll know why you can't trust those promises now.
