by Richard Long | Dec 11, 2013 | Budget Talks, Retirement Security
There was one small victory that progressives could claim from the otherwise troubling congressional budget deal that was announced Tuesday: Social Security and Medicare were left untouched. Credit goes to progressives who made calls, signed petitions and showed up at...
by Richard Long | Dec 5, 2013 | The Sequester
Congress could, if it chose to, vote today to repeal the mindless across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester and at the same time close loopholes corporations use to escape paying taxes, ensuring that we have the resources to put the American economy back on...
by Richard Long | Nov 13, 2013 | Financial Reform
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says that the problem of “too-big-to-fail” financial institutions has only gotten worse in the years since Congress passed financial reform legislation. That's why she is calling on activists to step up the pressure on Congress to pass...
by Richard Long | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
House Democrats joined with victims of unfair labor practices today to deliver a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, signed by 201 Democratic House members, asking him to stop the obstruction in the Senate and to allow votes on President Obama’s National...
by Richard Long | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here’s a scary thought: On Labor Day, a day celebrating the contributions that the labor movement has brought Americans – the 40-hour workweek, the weekend, minimum wage – there may be no one to enforce labor law. The National Labor Relations Board is the five-person...
