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The Senate Blockbuster Showdown On Trade The Media Missed
Eight senators let the country know there is going to be a fight over fast track trade authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sen. Bernie Sanders said, "Enough is enough. This country now is in a major race to the bottom."
Progressive Breakfast
Obama v. Warren on Trade Obama pushes trade agenda in local TV interviews. W. Post: "Among the television stations Obama spoke with was KGW in Portland, Ore., the home state of Sen. Ron Wyden, whom the White House views as a key Democratic ally on trade ... Wyden and...
The Real Social Security Crisis Is Income Inequality
The huge transfer of income and wealth from the middle class to the top 1 percent is not just a moral issue, but also a huge economic issue that affects Social Security to a significant degree, Sen. Bernie Sanders points out.
Going Off the Rails
Some 1.4 million gallons of oil spilled in U.S. rail accidents in 2013 — more than over the previous four decades combined. A record 141 of these accidents occurred in 2014. What will it take to pull the brakes on this recklessness?
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?
