by Dave Johnson | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The "fast track" trade promotion authority vote in the House of Representatives could come this Thursday. If it passes, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is pretty much a done deal, even though it is still secret from the public. Presidential candidate Hillary...
by Bill Scher | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/QZW60z0JnmU[/fve] While most of the overcrowded Republican presidential field is trying to break out of pack by showing they can pander the most to the far right, Sen. Lindsey Graham is daring to show he can move his party into the 21st century:...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Corporations are notorious for sneaking things into laws and regulations before the public can find out and rally to stop it. And we know from the conservative Supreme Court arguments against the Affordable Care Act that even what amounts to a typo can be used to...
by Jacob Woocher | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Hedge fund billionaire Leon Cooperman earlier this week became the latest of the super-rich to complain that they are being demonized for being wealthy and successful. Cooperman, CEO of Omega Advisors, took issue with some of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The economy gained 280,000 jobs in May, with the official unemployment rate unchanged at 5.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The private sector now has added more than 12 million jobs over 63 straight months of job growth, the longest streak on...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 4, 2015 | Blog, Trade
One of the problems with our trade policies is while they might set up rules for competition, these rules are meaningless if they are not enforced. And, by and large, they are not. We don't have very good trade enforcement even when we do use it – which we largely...
