by Bill Scher | Oct 14, 2009 | Blog
Wonk Room's Brad Johnson reported that Sen. Lindsey Graham faced a legion of angry right-wing Teabaggers for working with Sen. John Kerry on carbon cap legislation. And in the video of his SC town hall, despite being called a "traitor" among other things, Graham does...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 14, 2009 | Blog
House members should beware when bank lobbyists come calling: Ceding to their wishes might get you campaign cash but it will likely cost you the next election. That's the message of a new poll released today by Celinda Lake and done for Americans for Financial Reform....
by Dave Johnson | Oct 13, 2009 | Blog
In the last several years we have all been fleeced, looted, robbed, swindled, thieved, tricked, cheated, scammed, exploited, ponzied, stung, conned, extorted, ripped off and bankrupted by the banks and other big financial companies. Finally the Congress is working on...
by Bill Scher | Oct 13, 2009 | Blog
Sen. Olympia Snowe, before breaking party ranks to join all Democrats on the Senate Finance in support of health care reform, said the most accurate thing of the day: "This will not be the final bill." Knowing that fact, one wonders why Snowe wanted to wait for a more...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 13, 2009 | Blog
The renomination of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve should not be rubber-stamped by the Senate until Bernanke and the Fed are more transparent and accountable to the public, says a growing coalition of activists roused by Reps. Alan Grayson and Ron...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 13, 2009 | Blog
As the House Financial Services Committee begins markup on Wednesday of key financial reform legislation, the stakes are clear. Without strong regulation of the banks and the shadow banking system, large banks will feel free to gamble with the assumption that...
