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Advocates Push Immigration Reform In Primary Aftermath Cantor, Graham primaries "scramble" immigration landscape for Republicans, says Politico: "...Cantor’s loss Tuesday night proved how difficult a messaging challenge the issue will be for any 2016 candidate who...
Standards Scolds Are Getting Us Nowhere
Support for the Common Core is eroding away, and you have to wonder what the Obama administration and a significant wing of the education establishment are going to be left with.
What Really Happened To The Student Loan Relief Bill?
Did our nation’s news media fulfill its duty to keep you informed about what is going on with your government? Here is what much of the media reported about Wednesday's student loan relief vote in the Senate.
Cantor's Loss, Populism's Gain: 8 Insights for the Left
There are legitimate conclusions to be drawn from Cantor’s defeat. But there are also some insights to be gained from David Brat’s upset victory, especially for the left.
Witness Wednesdays Brings The Voices Of The Unemployed To Washington
More than 3 million people have lost their emergency unemployment benefits since House Republicans allowed the program to expire. Witness Wednesdays is bringing some of those voices to Washington. Will the GOP listen?
Bipartisan Call To Crack Down On Currency, Restore 5.8 Million Jobs
Senators Sherrod Brown and Jeff Sessions have issued an appeal to President Obama to crack down on currency manipulation, which has cost 5.8 million U.S. jobs and increased the federal budget deficit.
The 37 Senators Who Today Voted For Millionaires Over Students
Senate Republicans today sided with 22,000 millionaires over 40 million Americans with student debt by blocking the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act.
By The Numbers: Cantor's Defeat Is Not About Immigration
Speaker Boehner can succumb to the panic, bury reform and let Obama and the Democrats get all the glory from the Latino community. Or he can look at the numbers.
House Republicans Once Again Jam Commuters And Stiff Workers
The vote House Republicans cast Tuesday night to sharply limit funding for the nation's transportation projects was a missed opportunity to offer relief to the jobless as well as those stuck in traffic.
Talking with Thom Hartmann: "The People's Fed," Right-Wing Violence
On "The Big Picture," a vision of a Federal Reserve that serves the interests of ordinary people and not just bankers, and a look at the latest shooting incident involving right-wing extremists.
