by People's Action | Jan 4, 2017 | Breakfast
Schumer Lays Out Democratic Strategy Senate Minority Leader articulates oppositional vision. Yahoo! News: "Schumer mentioned infrastructure investments and tax and trade reform as areas of possible cooperation, while vowing to fight 'tooth and nail' on other issues,...
by People's Action | Jan 3, 2017 | Breakfast
House Guts Ethics Office "With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office" reports NYT: "House Republicans, overriding their top leaders, voted on Monday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office ... The move to...
by People's Action | Dec 16, 2016 | Breakfast
House Gropes Toward Health Care Strategy House Republicans say they will replace Obamacare with "universal access." NYT: "'Our goal here is to make sure that everybody can buy coverage or find coverage if they choose to,' a House leadership aide told journalists ......
by People's Action | Dec 15, 2016 | Breakfast
Ellison Makes Case For DNC Chair Rep. Keith Ellison calls for "3,007 County Strategy" for DNC. Chicago Tribune: "'We need a 3,007-county strategy. We need a town strategy. We need a precinct strategy," said Ellison, as [Sen. Bernie] Sanders and AFT President Randi...
by People's Action | Dec 14, 2016 | Breakfast
Rates May Go Up Today Federal Reserve expected to raise interest rates today. Politico: "Expectations of more rapid growth, coupled with the threat of inflation, could bring more rate hikes, which could undermine Trump's plans to fire up the economy ... Trump and...
by People's Action | Dec 13, 2016 | Breakfast
Big Oil Gets Bigger ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson named Secretary of State, faces tough confirmation. Bloomberg: "He would be the first oil executive to lead the State Department ... Tillerson would add to a cabinet increasingly full of millionaires and billionaires...
