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Join the Day of Action to Raise the Minimum Wage on July 24th
This summer, in major cities like New York, Seattle, Washington DC, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis, thousands of workers have taken to the streets protest workplace abuse, poor working conditions, and wage theft. But most of all workers across the country...
Despite House Action, Debate Over 'No Child Left Behind' Goes Nowhere
After years of inaction on rewriting the nation's centerpiece legislation governing public schools, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday passed "The Student Success Act" by a mostly partisan vote of 221-207 – despite a veto threat from the...
Progressive Breakfast
Student Loan Market Rate Plan Heads To Vote Senate leaders announce student loan deal, vote next week. AP: "A bipartisan compromise on student loans promises better deals for students and parents over the next few years but could spell higher rates as the economy...
McDonald’s Accidentally Served Up a Minimum Wage “McManifesto”
Marie Antoinette, meet Ronald McDonald. A lot of people are angry about McDonald's new financial advice website for employees, an ill-conceived project which drips with "let them eat cake" insouciance. "Every dollar makes a difference," McDonald's lectures its...
ALEC And The NRA Have Blood On Their Hands
Attorney General Eric Holder may be getting a reputation for saying what President Obama can’t, thanks to the irony of a black president. While Obama has shifted from calling for compassion to encouraging calm in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the...
House GOP Doesn't Care About A Republican White House In 2016
Make no mistake about it; House Republicans definitely prefer that a Republican be elected president.
But what's been clear for years on things related to the budget has become even more obvious in recent weeks with the take-no-prisoner decisions House Republicans made on immigration and agriculture: The House GOP is increasingly unwilling to make its own political lives even slightly more difficult by making accommodations (that is, compromises) that make the election of a Republican candidate in 2016 more likely.
And I don't just mean compromises with Democrats. These days House Republicans are as unwilling to make deals that make life easier for their R Senate colleagues as they are with the Ds in either house.
Protest the Student Loan Misdeal
Reports are that a student loan deal is in the works, with a vote as early as today. If consummated, it will have bipartisan support in the Senate and the support of the White House. We urge all to call on your senators today and tell them to oppose the deal. The...
Fed Stimulus May Not Be Ending Bernanke suggests Fed stimulus might continue if economy does not recover fast enough. Bloomberg: "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke opened the door to a delay in reducing the central bank’s bond buying program, saying it will...
Instead Of Providing Free Education, Senators Propose Raising Costs Of College
Congress should do the right thing the right thing for our people, our country and our economy and provide a free college education to everyone who qualifies. Instead student loan rates doubled July 1 because our obstructed Congress couldn't and wouldn't act in time....
Bernanke to Congress: Stop Killing Jobs and Growth
In his congressional testimony yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke called out the Congress, telling them to stop the reckless and mindless spending cuts that are killing jobs and growth. Their stupidity, he suggested, poses the biggest threat to Americans...
