by Zach Carter | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Members of Congress finished ironing out their differences on Wall Street reform last night, and the resulting bill deserves unequivocal support from progressives and conservatives alike. But while the final package is a necessary first step to overhauling the...
by Bill Scher | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed the conservative filibuster of the latest jobs and jobless aid bill was because they oppose any increase of the national debt: "The principle Democrats are defending is that they will not pass a bill unless it adds to the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog
As today's Progressive Breakfast points out, NYT news reports suggests move is for real, part of fundamental change in Chinese economy: "For years, Chinese leaders looked to the millions of poor workers from the country’s interior as the engine of a roaring export...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 24, 2010 | Blog
The deficit problem can be summed up very simply: the public thinks Obama's policies created a huge deficit. Never mind that it was Bush's deficit -- the public doesn't know that. This misunderstanding is leading Washington to take steps that will throw the economy...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 24, 2010 | Blog
American Conservatives from Joe Barton to Rand Paul and Sarah Palin have expressed outrage that the President Obama would use the the power of his office to hold BP accountable to the residents of the Gulf Coast. They are outraged because they believe this is...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 24, 2010 | Blog
"It is very clear that the Republicans in the Senate want this economy to fail," said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., this afternoon in reaction to the latest efforts in the Senate to block a jobs bill from coming to the floor for a vote. Her comment during a news...
