by Bill Scher | Jan 27, 2010 | Blog
While we at Campaign for America's Future and Open Left having been conducting our own "Bernanke Whip Count," so have the journalists at
by Bill Scher | Jan 27, 2010 | Blog
It's been 24 hours since Campaign for America's Future and Open Left launched the "Bernanke Whip Count," enlisting the grassroots to find out where Senators really stand, and help target our efforts to demand
by Robert Borosage | Jan 27, 2010 | Blog
From Politco’s Playbook: On the pending vote to confirm Fed Chair Ben Bernanke to a second term: A senior administration official, from downtown: “It's amazing that Senate Rs can barely muster a majority for a Republican who was named TIME's ‘Man of the Year’ and who...
by Bill Scher | Jan 26, 2010 | Blog
The progressive coalition against fiscally foolish austerity scored a significant victory today, defeating the undemocratic Conrad-Gregg deficit commission in the Senate. We've prevented the Pete Peterson scare rhetoric from making the Senate junk their own rules and...
by Bill Scher | Jan 26, 2010 | Blog
With a climate protection and clean energy jobs bill already facing stiff resistance in the Senate, I was afraid that the post-Massachusetts election fallout would bury it for the year. But fear not! Bipartisan Senate negotiations continued literally a day after the...
