by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Twenty-eight Democrats on Friday sided with Wall Street and the big multinational corporations against 99 percent of Americans. They voted to pass fast-track trade promotion authority, which preapproves the still-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and future...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
After a narrow and suspenseful 217-212 approval Thursday on a procedural vote, the House is scheduled today to have a series of debates and votes that could lead to passage of "fast track" trade promotion authority (TPA) for the still-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership...
by Bernie Horn | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog, Education
Last week, a very distinguished panel convened by the National Research Council published an Evaluation of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia. The report is 341 pages long and cost millions of dollars to produce. What’s most impressive about this...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on the fast track trade promotion authority (TPA) bill to, in essence, preapprove the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and future so-called "trade" agreements. The vote is expected to be close. If the House...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog, Education
If you want to see how far off track the nation’s current education policies have gotten, just look at what is going on in Oregon. As an Oregon news outlet recently reported, the Oregon House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would “inform parents twice a year of...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Push has come to shove on the fast-track trade bill. The vote is slated for Friday. The unholy alliance of Republican leaders, multinational corporate lobbies and the White House – does not yet have the votes in hand. So the fever of deal making, rule inventing,...
