by Dave Johnson | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush gave a speech last Monday at an event organized by a corporate lobbying group in which he vowed to cripple our government. So who gets to be in charge if he succeeds? Who decides how to allocate our country's resources, determine and...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog
Representatives Jan Schakowsky, Zoe Lofgren, Jerry Nadler, and Yvette Clarke sent a letter asking Attorney General Loretta Lynch and California Attorney General Kamala Harris asking them to investigate whether laws were broken by the Center for Medical Progress. This...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Economy
A "sneak law" attachment to a "must-pass" bill gives sacred Native American land to a foreign mining company. How did this happen? Do you remember that "Citibank budget," where a budget bill to avert an imminent government shutdown suddenly had in it a...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A Friday panel at Netroots Nation in Phoenix, "Unions as the Answer to the Defining Issue of our Time," made the point that empowering unions is about more than just the workers having a path to the middle class; it is about strengthening the entire economy. The panel...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Education
The Thursday Netroots Nation panel, "Student Debt Crisis: How We Can Help Stop the Next Economic Bubble from Bursting," discussed ways to deal with the more than $1.2 trillion in student loan debt carried by 43 million Americans – and examined the implications for...
