by Bill Scher | Nov 11, 2014 | Blog
Two House Republican incumbents lost last week. One was Rep. Lee Terry, who represents Omaha, Nebraska. Terry couldn't escape his glib reaction to last year's government shutdown. When asked if he should keep getting paid while the government was closed, he said "Dang...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 11, 2014 | Blog
It’s the redding of America. Republicans spilled Democratic candidate blood across the country last week. Scarlet covers the map. Republicans took governorships in traditionally blue states. They won U.S. Senate seats in purple states. And they secured majorities in...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 11, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
“When the American people choose divided government, I don’t think it means they don’t want us to do anything,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told reporters. “We ought to start with the view that maybe there are things we can agree on to make progress for...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 10, 2014 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is expected to become Chair the Senate Finance Committee. A Senate aide says Hatch wants to make Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) — "Fast Track" — one of his top priorities in the new Congress. Click here to tell Congress to vote no on "fast-track"...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 10, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
What can we expect Congress to do about America’s staggeringly top-heavy concentration of income and wealth over the next two years? Absolutely nothing. What do Americans want Congress to do about that concentration? A good bit. We know the first answer from the...
by Elizabeth Warren | Nov 9, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
There have been terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Election Days for Democrats before — and Republicans have had a few of those, too. Such days are always followed by plenty of pronouncements about what just changed and what’s going to be different going forward....
