by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 29, 2008 | Blog
The House has just voted down the $700 billion bailout bill. We have not yet seen the roll call, but the numbers suggest that a significant bloc within the Progressive Caucus on the left and the Republican Study Committee on the right held firm against the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 29, 2008 | Blog
Whatever you think of the Wall Street bailout bill that was voted on in the House of Representatives today, there is one thing we all should agree on: Congress must take steps this week to help the working families who are being hurt by this economic downturn. Here's...
by Bill Scher | Sep 29, 2008 | Blog
While the Sunday shows were, true to form, heavier on the politics of the bailout than substance, it was actually one of the better days for the Watchdog. On ABC's This Week, Sen. John McCain was asked about the need for additional economic stimulus -- albeit not as...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 28, 2008 | Blog
The pernicious lie that a law designed to increase lending to people of color and in lower-income neighborhoods played a key role in the financial meltdown in Wall Street won't go away, even though there's no evidence to support it. And now House conservatives are...
by Bill Scher | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
by Bill Scher | Sep 26, 2008 | Blog
Apparently, everyone in Washington is falling over themselves to pacify House conservatives, who instead of taking responsibility for the deregulation that led to this financial crisis, are throwing another one of their predictable temper tantrums. No one in Congress...
