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Homeland Security Shutdown Looms With 17 days until Homeland Security shutdown, McConnell and Boehner squabble over immigration. The Hill: "Senate and House Republicans are fighting over who should move first to break the stalemate over funding the Department of...
As You're #StuckInTraffic, Don't Get Stuck With A Bad Tax Deal
A Twitter town hall today seeks to turn a plan that should be considered politically outrageous into politically inevitable – unless, of course, concerned citizens act to make it politically toxic.
A Tiny Step Toward Ending a CEO Scam
Sometimes, CEOs don’t fight failure. They bet on it. Now the Securities and Exchange Commission is finally moving, ever so slightly, against wagers that reward CEOs when their companies fail.
Currency Manipulation Gets Hill Focus With Expert Panel, New Bill
In the House there was a "Currency 101" briefing describing the damage currency manipulation does to our economy. In the House and Senate bills were introduced to do something about that damage.
Demanding Respect for Worker Safety
More than 5,000 USW members nationwide are on unfair labor practice strikes demanding corporations respect their bargaining rights and the rights of workers and communities to safety.
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Bernie Teases Run Bernie Sanders suggests he will run for president at Brookings event: "I am giving thought to running for president of the United States. At a time when the middle class is disappearing ... I think it is imperative that we have candidates who stand...
We Must Not Let Greece Go It Alone
Sen. Bernie Sanders asked Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to explain her inaction and the Fed’s silence on Greece’s stand against austerity. The stakes are too high for the U.S. to let Greece go it alone.
Why Whites May Still Help Obama Forge an Enduring Democratic Majority
Will white workers still hate the stimulus if the economic recovery it helped spur begins to raise wages? Will they still hate Obamacare if it wins the fight against health cost inflation?
Will We End Up Like Greece? The Risks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
For years people have been running around Washington yelling that the United States was at risk of becoming Greece. There may actually be a basis for such concerns, but not for the reason usually given.
The Science of Political Persuasion – Part Two
Knowing the science behind political stubbornness, here's what's going on inside the minds of persuadable voters and five rules for dealing with confirmation bias and negative triggers.
