by Bill Scher | Jul 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Highway Cliff Approaches "Highway fund running on fumes" reports The Hill: "Lawmakers are under pressure to refill the Highway Trust Fund when they return to Washington after the Fourth of July weekend or risk losing thousands of construction jobs that could set back...
by Bill Scher | Jul 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Obama Signals More Bank Reform Obama calls Wall Street reform "unfinished." Bloomberg: "In an interview to be aired today on American Public Media’s Marketplace radio program, Obama said an 'unfinished piece of business' is to address banks that 'take big risks...
by Bill Scher | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog
Few noticed last week, but the Senate's leading advocate for climate action joined the Senate's leading advocate for coal on the Senate floor to sound the alarm that climate change is real and requires government action. Rhode Island's Sheldon Whitehouse, who goes to...
by Bill Scher | Jul 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Obama Warns Of Job Losses If GOP Doesn't Fund Transportation Soon "Obama Urges Congress to Fund Infrastructure Projects" reports NYT: "...Obama poked derisive fun at Republicans as he urged them to join Democrats to pass legislation that would replenish the Highway...
by Bill Scher | Jul 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Supreme Court Sides With Corporations "The Roberts Court Thinks Corporations Have More Rights Than You Do" argues TNR's David Gans: "Prior to 2014, the Supreme Court had never held that a secular, for-profit corporation is entitled to protections for the free exercise...
