by Bill Scher | Aug 5, 2011 | Blog
Last night, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell reported on the Campaign for America's Future petition to "Put Bernie On The Super Committee" and interviewed Sen. Bernie Sanders on what he would do if named to the committee. The transcript is below. O'DONNELL: Senator, the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Today's jobs report from the Labor Department should not be spun as positive, even though at a net increase of 117,000 jobs it is better than the Wall Street consensus. While the White House may breathe a sign of relief that the numbers were not lower, one fundamental...
by | Aug 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
We said it first last week. Now, everyone is catching on: it’s (past) time for Congress and the Administration to pivot to a jobs agenda. While there are already pretty clear indications from recent polls that voters may forgive the gamesmanship on the debt ceiling,...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 4, 2011 | Blog
The immediate impact of the “debt deal” was bad enough: painful cuts without any tax increases for the wealthy. But Phase Two could be much worse--unless we push back hard. A new undemocratic "Super Committee" is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings – from...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 4, 2011 | Blog
Last night, as I lamented the state of America's governance — that we have come to be ruled by a 60-member tea party coalition that, at most, comprises only about 14 percent of the House yet somehow overrules the rest of the House, the Senate and the White House — my...
