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WH Moves On Child Immigrant Influx Mixed reception for Obama's $3.7B proposal to address child immigrant influx. The Hill: "Senate Democrats on Tuesday moved to quickly pass a $3.7 billion package that provides funding to care for but also more quickly deport the...
The Emerging Democratic Debate
Democrats, we're told, are united whereas Republicans are tearing each other apart. But beneath the apparent consensus, a fundamental argument is brewing between the Wall Street and the Warren wing of the party.
Companies That Evade Federal Taxes Still Get Federal Contracts
Ingersoll-Rand, which changed its corporate address to Bermuda to avoid American corporate taxes, is one of at least a dozen such companies that together get more than $1 billion in federal contract dollars annually.
Will China Discussions Push For Democracy?
Discussions between the US and China take place this week, while US companies run ads opposing democracy in Hong Kong.
Fast Food CEO Says Minimum Wage Hike Kills Jobs. Not in 13 States.
Fast food CEO Andy Puzder says that raising the minimum wage will harm workers and kill job growth. A new study of the 13 states that have tried it says otherwise.
Americans Mourn Loss of Economic Independence
The decision of the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court last week in the Harris v. Quinn case is another example of the one percent’s unrelenting erosion of the 99 percent’s economic independence.
The President Sounds a Wall Street Warning. And Then ... ?
It was good to hear President Obama say that reining in Wall Street’s high-risk behavior is an “unfinished piece of business.” It would be even better if this observation were quickly followed by action.
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Ex-Im Bank Expected To Pass Senate "Export-Import Bank supporters aim for show of strength in Senate" reports The Hill: "Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) are scheduled this week to unveil legislation that would reauthorize the bank, and Democratic...
Republican Civil War Over The Export-Import Bank?
Corporate Republicans want to continue the operation of the Export-Import Bank because it helps companies sell their products outside of the U.S. The “Tea Party” Republicans want to shut it down. What is going on?
Corporate Tax Behavior So Bad Even Fortune Magazine Can't Stomach It
Fortune lists companies that "sure seem American—except when it comes to paying taxes" and publishes a denunciation of an "exceptionalism" that enables companies to avoid taxes but benefit from being American.
