by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Senate Republicans have unveiled their new Jobs Through Growth Act. This time it's different. Read on and see why. Bill Scher, in this morning's News To Media: Republicans Have Not Answered Obama's Call For An Actual Jobs Plan, writes that the new jobs plan fails the...
by Bill Scher | Oct 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
One week after the President admonished Republicans for lacking a serious alternative to his American Jobs Act, Senate Republicans introduced what they call a "jobs" bill yesterday. ABC News, the Washington Post and others reported on this development as if this meant...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The Take Back The American Dream conference opened Tuesday by discussing the Contract for the American Dream. Deepak Bhargava of the Center for Community Change began by saying that "there is a movement in America today and it’s not the Tea Party, it is the American...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
After the
by Sean McMartin | Oct 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy
On the same day that conservatives in the Senate blocked action on a bill that would create 2 million new jobs, progressives and business leaders were in the nearby Russell Senate Office Building discussing what it takes to create good jobs. The Good Jobs For A...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Education
Even after writing the headline to this post I have to wonder, "Is this a point that even has to be made?" But in light of events in Washington, DC this week, I have to answer, "Yes." Because just as lawmakers in the White House and Congress were hard at work crafting...