by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 18, 2014 | Blog
President Obama's announcement Thursday of an executive order that would facilitate public-private partnerships for transportation projects is the latest in a years-long series of efforts to coax more private sector funding for public goods. One benefit these deals...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 16, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
House Republicans today unanimously rejected an agency funding amendment by Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) that would have required the federal government to pay a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour to its employees. The vote – 193 to 230 – came a day after a bizarre exchange...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 14, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
The House is scheduled to begin debate Tuesday on a short-term patch to get past an election-season crisis on federal transportation funding, but the Campaign for America's Future sent a letter to members of Congress today calling on them to "quickly renew robust,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 10, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Tax-writing committees in both the House and Senate have voted to send to their respective chambers bills that would put a temporary patch on the nation's seriously wounded and weakened Highway Trust Fund. In effect, members of both parties in both houses have elected...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 10, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]http://youtu.be/pqw3FFJjqHg[/fve] Trudy Goldberg, chair of the National Jobs For All Coalition, talks about the effort to build a full employment movement. When Chris Horton was asked to speak to a group of grassroots activists Wednesday at the opening of a...
