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....
by Terrance Heath | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The 2014 mid-term elections are over, and the inmates have taken over the asylum. Prepare for wingnuttery like you’ve never seen before. Last Friday, I had a lot of fun poking at the nuttiest candidates on the ballot. Wednesday morning I woke up to a...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
Washington insiders are saying that one deal Republicans and President Obama think they can make is a deal to let corporations off the hook for taxes they owe if they "bring back" the money the multinational corporations have stashed outside of the country. The deal...
by Eric Lotke | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog
Democrats generally lost on Tuesday. But liberal, progressive ballot initiatives generally won. Five states voted to increase the minimum wage. Two states and the District of Columbia voted to permit marijuana for recreational use. Three states voted to protect a...