by Robert Borosage | Jun 9, 2011 | Blog
It really is very simple. Will the President name the best leader -- Elizabeth Warren -- to head the Consumer Finanical Protection Bureau? Nominate her. Challenge the Senate Republican threat to filibuster her (or any) nomination. And if a minority blocks her...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
One of Wall Street's most brazen disinformation campaigns ever on behalf of a naked money grab from consumers comes to a head on the Senate floor this afternoon, in a vote that will force senators to choose between protecting consumers and legalizing extortion. Sen....
by Bill Scher | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog
The Republican presidential field can be divided into two groups: the politically sane (Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman), and the politically insane (Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul and Herman Cain). The politically sane trio...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The NY Times has an editorial on trade today, Keeping Protectionism at Bay. The editorial, written by well-paid New Yorkers living far from the devastated communities of the "rust belt," explains down to us that it is a bad thing to "protect" our jobs and our...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Our trade agreements have pitted working people in countries that do not protect rights or people against the working people here who fought to win the protections of democracy. The result has been devastating to our communities, our economy and our democracy. America...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 8, 2011 | Blog
Anthony Weiner wanted to get off, while Evan Bayh wants to get rich. Weiner serviced himself in public, while Bayh's abusing his public service. Guess which one will be a pariah in Washington and which will still attend all the right parties? Ex-Senator Bayh, who was...
