by Robert Borosage | Jul 27, 2010 | Blog
Washington is enmeshed in a partisan debate about gestures -- with Republicans now boasting that Americans will reward them for saying no to just about everything. No to forestalling the layoff of teachers. No to jobs in the cities. No to infrastructure projects. No....
by Richard Eskow | Jul 26, 2010 | Blog
Somebody really, really doesn't want Elizabeth Warren to run the new Consumer Protection Financial Bureau, or "CFPB," which she first envisioned and proposed. Who? The big banks, for sure, as well as others who don't want their misbehavior brought to light. And Tim...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 26, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Over the weekend I wrote about Speaker Pelosi talking at Netroots Nation about the upcoming "Making It In America" initiative that the Congress will be taking up after the summer recess. CNN's Money.com describes what's coming, Democrats kicked off the campaign last...
by Bill Scher | Jul 26, 2010 | Blog
Conservative corporate executives -- many of whom are raking in profits while refusing to create jobs -- continue to complain that President Obama's agenda is blame for the weak economy because it has created too much
by Dave Johnson | Jul 24, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
At the Netroots Nation convention today in Las Vegas, Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked about an upcoming Congressional initiative to help restore American manufacturing. The initiative, called “Making It In America” will include a series of bills to be introduced after the...
by Bill Scher | Jul 23, 2010 | Blog
At Netroots Nation today, Van Jones sought to rally attendees after the Senate leadership put plans for a climate protection bill on the back burner: "This thing is not over." He's right, for one very simple reason. It is against the law under the Clean Air Act, the...
