by Roger Hickey | Nov 9, 2009 | Blog
The following statement was released by Roger Hickey and Diane Archer The Campaign for America's Future declares our strong public support for the "Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009" (H.R. 3962). While we would’ve preferred stronger provisions in some key...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 9, 2009 | Blog
Taking candy from a baby: A consortium of Chinese and American companies goes to Washington and announces plans to build a $1.5 billion windmill farm in West Texas using $450 million in U.S. stimulus funds, which will create 2,330 jobs - 2,000 of them in China. The...
by Bill Scher | Nov 9, 2009 | Blog
The conventional wisdom in Washington is that Saturday night's historic vote for health care reform, including a public health insurance option, was that it was a "tough vote" -- that it was politically risky for congresspeople in swing
by Terrance Heath | Nov 9, 2009 | Blog
(The sixth in of a series of seven.) Nothing in Common If the cliché that a picture is worth a thousand words is true, then a couple of images might sum up the debate of over health care reform, and prove representative of the opposing sides. [Via Preemptive...
by Alex Lawson | Nov 6, 2009 | Blog
On Thursday the 9/12ers were whipped up into an undifferentiated rage against most everything that is not Michele Bachmann or Fox News. The protest was brought to DC on an AstroTurf wave of Billionaire Koch dollars. The Billionaires for Wealthcare thought it would be...
by Eric Lotke | Nov 6, 2009 | Blog
Today’s unemployment data contain gloomy news. Gloomy, but expected. The interpretation of the data is even worse. First, the data. Unemployment rose to 10.2 percent last month, breaking the double digit barrier. Most people expected it to happen, though the job loss...
