by Dave Johnson | Feb 5, 2010 | Blog
Senator Shelby is placing "holds" (filibusters) on ALL OF the President's nominees, all by himself Richard Shelby puts hold on President Obama's nominees Shelby is frustrated over the Pentagon’s bidding process for air-to-air refueling tankers, which could lead to the...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 5, 2010 | Blog
Republican leaders -- led by the perpetually tanned John Boehner, House Republican leader, and his whip Eric Cantor -- are looking to sell themeselves to big bankers angry about financial reform. Cantor says: a lot of bankers who supported Obama are feeling "buyers'...
by Tula Connell | Feb 5, 2010 | Blog
Jack Cafferty at CNN this week
by Eric Lotke | Feb 5, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Two items from my inbox: 1. The Economic Policy Institute has a new report detailing the positive impacts of transportation infrastructure spending. A $34.3 billion jobs package will create approximately 480,000 direct and indirect jobs. The report includes...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 5, 2010 | Blog
The president rightly calls it a "no brainer." Direct lending to college students that saves $90 billion in excess subsidies to big banks and uses it to pay for college grants for poor kids and tax breaks for working families to help pay for tuition. This isn't...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 4, 2010 | Blog
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