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Now Is Not The Time For Trade Deals
Considering the recent performance of the U.S. economy, and the ongoing, relentless pursuit of austerity it's, an especially bad time to be making any "trade deals." So let's just table that little project for the time being, shall we?
Astroturf “Fix the Debt” Caught Ghostwriting for College Students
Fix the Debt is ghostwriting for college students, their latest move to pretend to represent America's youth. Previously, they were caught paying dancers to participate in a pro-austerity flashmob and paying for petition signatures.
Here Are Some Enrollment Numbers That Actually Matter To People In Need
Obamacare early enrollment is low? Tell it to the 13 million eligible for food stamps, and the 7 million children eligible for welfare, who are not getting desperately needed aid granted by law.
Progressive Breakfast
Obamacare Grandfather Issue Roils Congress Bipartisan push to alter Obamacare and allow more grandfathering. NYT: "...a vote is scheduled Friday in the Republican-controlled House on a bill that would allow Americans to keep their existing health coverage through 2014...
Ryan Gets 700,000 'No' Votes on Social Security Cuts
We helped deliver a petition to House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan signed by more than 700,000 people calling for "no grand bargain in exchange for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cuts."
Republican Obamacare 'Fix' Is Junk, Like the Plans It Protects
Republicans have taken up the cause of people who have received health insurance "cancellation" notices. The problem is that the Republicans aren't helping these people, they are exploiting them.
CBO Director To Budget Committee: Stop Making It Worse
The budget conference committee meets this week to hammer out a "bipartisan compromise," before kamikaze conservatives” pull the economy into another nosedive. CBO Director Doug Elmendorf has some advice:
American Majority Wants Minimum Wage Raised - Will Republicans Obstruct?
Polls and elections show that an "overwhelming" majority of Americans want the minimum wage increased. But Republicans in the House and Senate will obstruct this.
Progressive Breakfast
House Obstacle For TPP WH push for "fast-track" trade legislation hits resistance in House. NYT: "...nearly half of the members of the House [have signed] letters or otherwise [signaled] their opposition to granting so-called fast-track authority that would make any...
Warren: "Pick Up The Slingshot" Against Too Big To Fail
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says progressive Davids can win against the banking Goliaths and rebuild the wall between retail banking activities and the kind of high-risk financial bets that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis.
