by People's Action | Feb 14, 2019 | Breakfast
Congress Races To Avert Shutdown Congress rushes to avert shutdown amid hopeful signs from Trump. Politico: "Congressional negotiators finalized a massive funding package just before midnight Wednesday, confident they'll have enough support to deliver it to President...
by People's Action | Feb 13, 2019 | Breakfast
Border Deal At Brink Is the border wall deal in danger of falling apart? Politico: "Late last night, we started getting text messages that the border security deal was unraveling a bit as senior aides and lawmakers were drafting it. It seems as if the deal was...
by People's Action | Feb 12, 2019 | Breakfast
Lawmakers Sort Of Agree To Avert Shutdown With shutdown looming, sorder Deal Is Reached ‘in Principle’. NYT: "House and Senate negotiators on Monday night agreed in principle to provide $1.375 billion for fencing and other physical barriers at the Mexican border, part...
by People's Action | Feb 11, 2019 | Breakfast
New Shutdown Looms Over Immigration Impasse Talks over border security break down, imperiling effort to prevent shutdown. NYT: "Congressional efforts to reach a border security deal ahead of another government shutdown broke down on Sunday over Democratic demands to...
by People's Action | Feb 8, 2019 | Breakfast
Green New Deal Generates Enthusiasm Despite few details and much doubt, the Green New Deal generates enthusiasm. NPR: "For a non-binding resolution with an uncertain future, the Green New Deal is getting a lot of attention, along with a decidedly mixed reaction....
by People's Action | Feb 6, 2019 | Breakfast
Trump Offers Cold Comfort To Immigrants Trump's speech makes a callous bid for Latino voters. OurFuture: "While Trump didn’t follow his dictatorial instincts in his State of the Union speech to declare an 'emergency' on the U.S.-Mexico border – yet – we know what the...
