by Bill Scher | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
Before becoming Speaker, Rep. John Boehner flatly pledged to deny all funding to the health reform law if he couldn't repeal it, saying, "They'll get not one dime from us. Not a dime." How interesting then that, all of the sudden, Speaker Boehner is carrying a big...
by Alan Jenkins | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
After two weeks behind the curve on the uprising in Egypt, the Obama administration seems to have found it’s voice, recognizing that our national interests and our national values point in the same direction—toward democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. There...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
Conservative Republican legislators have vowed to block raising the debt limit to force deep cuts in spending on everything from head start to K-to12 education, to health research. They vow to combine blocking any increase in the debt limit with instructions mandating...
by Mary Bottari | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
Earnings and bonus reports are rolling in and the big, bailed-out banks are back in the black. In 2010, total compensation and benefits at publicly traded Wall Street banks and securities firms hit a record of $135 billion -- up almost six percent from 2009 according...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
Check out the Eminem Chrysler Superbowl Ad: The Motor City, with moxie
by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
President Barack Obama addresses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today. In a preview of his remarks, the Washington Post reports that infrastructure investment will be a "likely point of focus for Obama" as it is a "rare point of agreement between business and labor."...
