by Dave Johnson | Jul 24, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
At the Netroots Nation convention today in Las Vegas, Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked about an upcoming Congressional initiative to help restore American manufacturing. The initiative, called “Making It In America” will include a series of bills to be introduced after the...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The Constitution of the United States, Article II, Section 3: "He may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them..." We have a jobs emergency and the Congress has not acted. Almost everything the Senate does is being blocked by an...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Will you be at Netroots Nation in Las Vegas later this week? I will be on a panel, The 2010 Elections: Channeling the Power of Jobs, Populism and the Angry Voter, Thursday at 10:30am. Come on by and attend the panel! Here is the complete description: The 2010...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 18, 2010 | Blog
Over the weekend the San Jose News carried a story, Made in China, bought in China — for more, describing some of the barriers Chinese consumers face when buying goods made by non-Chinese companies -- even if the goods are made in China, The laptop computer Luo...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
The ManufactureThis blog is liveblogging the hearing on the National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010 before t