by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog, Economy
United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard sat down with OurFuture.org's Isaiah Poole to provide an inside view of the White House jobs summit. Watch it below. He noted that while there is great focus on quick action to deal with the current rise in unemployment, moving...
by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog
Ezra Klein on the Washington Post recently argued that progressives should bargain away the current version of the public option in pending health care legislation in exchange for other reforms such as bigger subsidies, tougher rules on demographic discrimination and...
by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Job Ideas Abound In Advance of Today's WH Summit House leaders looking at TARP funding for jobs. Politico: "...House Democratic leaders are floating the idea of...
by Bill Scher | Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Afghan Address Receives Tepid Response Some Dems pledge to try to block plan. USA Today: "...Obama [is] facing a potential mutiny on this issue among liberal...
by Bill Scher | Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. More Troops To Afghanistan President to announce new Afghanistan strategy tonight. NYT: "President Obama has decided to expedite the deployment of 30,000...