by Sara Robinson | Jun 24, 2009 | Blog
Sometimes, when you're up to your chin in alligators, it's hard to focus on the fact that there's a big, broad, alligator-free world waiting somewhere out there, beyond the edge of the swamp. In this case, it's hard for most Americans to even imagine that nobody in...
by Steven Capozzola | Jun 24, 2009 | Blog
The Obama administration has announced that it will bring its first trade case against China in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has launched a case against China for imposing...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 24, 2009 | Blog
The administration has rolled out its financial reform plan, which the president accurately calls the "the boldest set of reforms in financial regulation in 75 years." Rep. Barney Frank, the chair of the House Banking Committee, promises to act rapidly, hoping to pass...
by Bill Scher | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog
Last night came the surprising news that Speaker Pelosi is speeding the comprehensive clean energy and climate protection bill to the House floor this week despite uncertainty whether it will pass. And today, President Obama sought to boost the bill's chances by...
by Brian Dockstader | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog
This morning my breakfast was ruined, ruined by an anti-health care reform ad on TV. Now I've seen innumerable slimy, disingenuous attacks ads in my days, but for some reason this one in particular struck a nerve. Perhaps it was just that the flat-out lies and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
President Obama will get an opportunity in the coming weeks to show American workers that he has the mettle to get tough with China when that country flouts the basic principles of fair trade, and it will be on an issue in which he does not have the luxury of...
