Posts tagged congress
Dave Johnson: The Strengthen Social Security Campaign
Aug 1st
Social Security is once again under attack. Time after time Social Security has come under attack.
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Loading ...Saul Friedman: The Most Tech Savvy President–Who Ignores Older People
Aug 1st
It may be said that Barack Obama, among his other firsts, has become the first president of the Internet age.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama On GOP Deficit Talk: ‘I’m Going To Call Them On Their Bluff’
Aug 1st
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has a warning for Republicans who denounce the federal deficit but reject proposals to cut it.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rev. Jennifer Kottler: The Immigration Fight Isn’t Over
Jul 31st
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton preliminarily struck down key provisions in Arizona’s infamous SB 1070 law and ruled that states cannot preempt federal law.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama Weekly Address: President Rips Republicans For Blocking Small Business Lending Bill
Jul 31st
Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses. His election-year push for additional job measures suffered a fresh setback this past week when the GOP blocked the small-business plan
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Diane Dimond: Keeping the "Most Dangerous" Locked Up Indefinitely
Jul 31st
You are the judge and jury on this one. There are a lot of numbers to take into account here so read carefully.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robin Templeton: Baby Baiting
Jul 31st
Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, the father of SB 1070, has a new target in his cross hairs: “anchor babies,” the ugly epithet used to label children born of undocumented immigrants. The senator’s newest legislative provocation would allow Arizona “to refuse to accept or issue a birth certificate that recognizes citizenship to those born to illegal aliens, unless one parent is a citizen,” as he recently explained to his supporters. Crudely labeled “anchor baby bills” by the media, similar efforts are brewing in California, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Congress
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Richard Albert: Is America a Christian Nation?
Jul 31st
Speaking from the heart of the Muslim world in Turkey’s Cankaya Palace in April 2009, President Barack Obama answered the question with the nuance that has come to characterize his public statements: America, he declared, is “a predominantly Christian nation” but “we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.” The President’s answer seems to strike a discordant tone between reality and self-perception.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Charles Rangel Trial: GOP Gets Its Wish For A Case During Campaign Season
Jul 30th
WASHINGTON â Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...HUFFPOST HILL – JULY 29TH, 2010
Jul 30th
With the August recess quickly approaching it looks like Congress won’t be able to pass the comprehensive energy reform oil spill bill before September.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Laura Flanders: The F Word: Lost Billions in Iraq
Jul 30th
If public schools or Medicare providers were held to the same standards as military contractors, they’d never have to beg for cash. Need money? Sure! — Congress would say — what’s a few missing billions of tax dollars?
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wayne Pacelle: Animal Crush Videos Make Comeback; Senate Must Act
Jul 30th
Today, The Humane Society of the United States released new information, in a telephone press conference with reporters, about gruesome animal crush videos that have made a comeback since the federal courts overturned the 1999 law Congress passed to ban their production and sale. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court declared this federal anti-cruelty law invalid and unconstitutional, creating an opening for peddlers of this smut to get back into this business.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Arizona Deportation Stats: Thousands Deported Even Without New Law
Jul 28th
WASHINGTON — Without the benefit of their state’s strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...FBI Cheating Scandal: Justice Department Investigating Agents Over Tests
Jul 28th
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether hundreds of FBI agents cheated on a test of new rules allowing the bureau to conduct surveillance and open cases without evidence that a crime has been committed. In some instances, agents took the open-book test together, violating rules that they take it alone
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Laura Flanders: The F Word: Americans With Disabilities Did the Impossible
Jul 28th
Events were held across the country Monday to mark the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act. At a ceremony at the White House, disability rights activists made the point that passing the law was only the start. “Civil rights laws do not self-enforce, ” said Marca Bristo, “They only come to life when enlightened citizens…push the envelope.” As with racial apartheid, so with the passage of the ADA — First comes change on the books.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wayne Besen: Gay Group Right To Protest Harry Reid
Jul 28th
Last week, I attended the Net Roots conference in Las Vegas. This is a yearly event where bloggers and grassroots activists meet to network and discuss strategy for advancing progressive issues
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