by Richard Eskow | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
A quartet of union leaders was joined on a press conference call today by Rep. Gerald Connolly of Virginia, to present new data which demonstrates that Federal workers covered by FEHBP would-be hard hit by the Senate's proposed excise tax on higher-cost health benefit...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
Liberal/Democratic Washington policy thinkers appear close to reaching the consensus view that the Senate's excise tax on higher-cost health plans is a good idea. Here's the problem: The consensus is wrong. The so-called (and misnamed) "Cadillac tax" is unfair and...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog
Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, doesn't think it is a good idea to audit the Fed. Speaking Monday he said, ... the Fed chairman also took a moment to repeat his objections to a bill in the House to audit the Fed. Much as he said during his confirmation...
by Eric Lotke | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Last week’s job’s summit focused on the fierce urgency of now. And well it should, with 18 percent unemployment and underemployment. But Obama also seemed to understand how short term needs overlap with long term goals. There’s just one sticking point. The short term...
by Bill Scher | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog
The Environmental Protection Agency formally declared that greenhouse gases are a pollutant that it can regulate under the existing Clean Air Act. And the timing of the announcement was no accident. Before the President travels to the Copenhagen climate summit, the...
by Bill Scher | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog
On Friday, Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Campaign for America's Future delivered the first round of petition signatures thanking Sen. Bernie Sanders for placing a "hold" on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for another term as Chair of the Federal Reserve,...
