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Progressive Breakfast: $900 Billion for Main Street
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. $900 Billion for Main Street More than 200 top economists and labor leaders rally behind Institute for America's Future's $900 billion, 2-year Main Street...
Progressive Breakfast: CBO Not Gospel
CBO Ignores Cost Savings In Health Care Bill, More Still To Come CBO chief dumps on current incarnations of health care bills in Senate testimony. W. Post: "Congress's chief budget analyst delivered a devastating assessment yesterday of the health-care proposals...
Progressive Breakfast: Simple Majority Rule Not Dead Yet
Budget Moves To Full Votes Next Week, Simple Majority Rule Still On Table Budget expected to pass next week. W. Post: "Voting along party lines yesterday in the Senate and late Wednesday in the House, the budget panels agreed to support a spending blueprint that would...
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The Secret Bailout...
Progressive Breakfast: Post-Inaugural Hangover Late Breakfast
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Progressive Breakfast: Currency On The Table
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Obama Mentions Currency, Hu Doesn't Obama presses China on currency manipulation. Bloomberg: "'I was pleased to note the Chinese commitment, made in past...
Progressive Breakfast: Boxer Blows Past GOP Boycott
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Boxer Blows Past Boycott, As Tripartisan Trio Works With WH BREAKING THIS AM: Sen. Boxer's Environment and Public Works Committee passes clean energy jobs and...
Progressive Breakfast: Choice Wins
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Choice of Public Option Still Popular Speaker Pelosi says only public option will pass House. Bloomberg quotes: "There’s no way I can pass a bill in the House...
Progressive Breakfast: 5 Week Sprint To Health Care
Crunch Time For Health Care Fight W. Post: "For the next five weeks, Congress will attempt the daunting feat of turning a mishmash of half-written proposals into health-care reform legislation that can pass the House and the Senate before the August recess." Sen....
Progressive Breakfast: 5 Week Sprint To Health Care
Crunch Time For Health Care Fight W. Post: "For the next five weeks, Congress will attempt the daunting feat of turning a mishmash of half-written proposals into health-care reform legislation that can pass the House and the Senate before the August recess." Sen....
