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Republican Resistance To Jobless Aid Starts To Crack
Republicans are suddenly talking about compromises in order to pass the Senate's extended unemployment insurance bill. They are feeling the pressure. Give them some more by calling Boehner at (513) 285-9008.
Let's Repudiate Reaganomics
How did we get to a point in our history where our nation has record levels of wealth, but millions of people are still struggling with hunger, poverty and homelessness? It’s all thanks to Reaganomics.
Progressive Breakfast
House Hints At Jobless Aid Compromise House may add business tax breaks to unemployment insurance extension. Roll Call: "[House Rules Chair Pete] Sessions said the five-month extension could serve as a partner for House-passed bills and other priorities, such as a...
Invisible Social Security Cuts: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
Your annual statement of earned Social Security benefits? Gone. Social Security field offices? Cut. Phone service? Slashed. All the evidence points to one conclusion: These cuts are motivated by ideology.
Time To Pressure Boehner On Unemployment Insurance. Here's How.
Campaign for America's Future has set up a special phone number - (513) 285-9008 - that will connect you directly to the Speaker, so you can demand he allow a vote on the Senate bill.
Supreme Court Right-Wingers Poison Majority-Rule Democracy
The Supreme Court asserted that billionaires have a First Amendment right to spend as much as they want on politics. The court said that supersedes the right of the majority to a democracy in which their lawmakers can’t be purchased.
Meet Some 'Smart Capitalists' Who Have Already Raised Their Minimum Wage
Three business owners say they know first-hand that raising federal the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would be a win for business as well as a win for workers.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Votes For Jobless Aid, Pressure Shifts To Boehner Senate passes renewed long-term unemployment insurance. National Journal: "A five-month extension of unemployment-insurance benefits cleared the Senate on Monday on a 59-38 vote, with the same six Republicans...
Tell Your Member of Congress To Vote For The 'Better Off Budget'
Tell your member of Congress (MOC) to vote for the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) “Better Off Budget’ (BOB). The public needs to know that this progressive approach addresses so many of the country's problems.
Time Is Running Out.
This week, government officials and climate scientists from all over the world are meeting in Berlin, Germany, to finalize a U.N. study on climate change and its solutions. A draft of the study has released, and it's pretty stunning.
