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Kagan Senate Debate Begins, Supreme Court Confirmation On Track
Aug 3rd
WASHINGTON — A confirmation vote is all but assured for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as the Senate begins debate on making her the fourth female justice. Supporters and opponents were to weigh in during debate starting Tuesday on President Barack Obama’s nominee.
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Loading ...Kevin Zeese: Watchdogs call for pre-recess vote on Disclose Act
Aug 3rd
Senate Should Not Leave on Vacation Until Passing Election Reform Ensuring Transparency Below is a press release a coalition of election integrity groups put out urging a vote on the Disclose Act before the senate goes on vacation. For more on Protect Our Elections visit: www.protectourelections.org Republicans in the Senate were recently able to block an up-and-down vote on the Disclose Act.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...David Coates: The Foreclosure Crisis That Will Not Go Away
Aug 2nd
When the financial crisis broke in September 2008, it was widely understood — both in policy-making circles and in popular conversation — that problems in the U.S.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rand Paul Softening Rhetoric On Some Of His Most Extreme Positions
Aug 2nd
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A tea party success story in search of a statewide triumph, Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul volunteers that he’s spent two decades “popping off” about one issue or another. Not quite so much now, though
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Gerald McEntee: Call Your Senators Today to Protect a Million Jobs
Aug 2nd
Earlier this year, Democrats in the Senate tried three times to pass legislation that would help states deal with growing Medicaid rolls, the joint federal-state health care program for the poor. Each effort has failed in the face of united Republican obstructionism.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Amy Siskind: Why Obama Really Went on The View
Aug 2nd
Why did President Obama choose to appear on The View ?
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert Kuttner: The Appeal of Austerity Is Fading — Where Is Obama?
Aug 2nd
This fall, Congress will either follow the conventional wisdom and prematurely cut government outlay before an economic recovery arrives, or it will increase public spending, put jobless Americans back to work, and reduce the deficit in a less painful fashion thanks to increasing economic tailwinds. The road that Congress takes depends on presidential leadership. Until very recently, deficit hawks were hogging every available megaphone, claiming that deficits and debts were more ominous than protracted joblessness and recession
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bill Kristol: Republicans Should ‘Just Shut Up’ About Charlie Rangel’s Ethics Charges
Aug 1st
Some conservatives on Sunday pointed to New York Congressman Charlie Rangel’s ethics charges as evidence that Democrats had failed to “drain the swamp” in Washington. Activist Liz Cheney, for example, accused Rangel of “real imperial arrogance.” But even as the GOP piled on — and Democrats established their distance — there were those in the Republican tent who expressed caution about suddenly becoming ethical crusaders
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ismael Hossein-zadeh: Holes in the Keynesian Arguments against Neoliberal Austerity Policy–Not "Bad" Policy, But Class Policy
Aug 1st
Instead of calling the recent G-20′s brutal austerity declaration (issued at the conclusion of its annual summit in Toronto last month) an orchestrated declaration of class war on the people, many progressive/Keynesian economists and other liberal commentators simply call it “bad policy.” While it is true that, as these commentators point out, the Hooverian message of the declaration is bound to worsen the recession, it is nonetheless not a matter of “bad” policy; it is a matter of class policy. “Bad” policy for whom? For the powerful international financial gamblers the declaration is a good, not bad, policy
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Joe Trippi: Romanoff Leads Bennet
Aug 1st
Incredible news today: Andrew Romanoff has come from 17 points behind and is now leading the sitting Senator — and Wall Street favorite — Michael Bennet. Romanoff and Bennet are about even — 48 percent to 45 percent, respectively — in the poll of 536 Democrats who have voted or are likely to vote in the Aug. 10 primary.
(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 ...Paul Abrams: Human Embryonic Stem Cells Approved by FDA for Clinical Trials. May Improve Lives, Solve Deficit–Yet, Totally Ignored by the Media.
Jul 31st
Ten years from now, school children reading about major events in history and in science–other than from textbooks produced for Texas schools–will learn: “On Friday, July 30, 2010, just 18 months into President Obama’s first term, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first tests of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in patients. It was the beginning of the era of Regenerative Medicine”
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ben Nelson Opposes Elena Kagan, First Democrat To Do So
Jul 31st
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson says he’ll vote against confirming Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Judd Gregg Backs Elena Kagan, Fifth Republican To Do So
Jul 31st
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says he plans to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama Speaks About Rangel For First Time: ‘He’s Somebody Who’s At The End Of His Career’
Jul 31st
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [132] — The DMV? Really?
Jul 31st
Last week, this column took a week off, due to an extended trip into the desert for the Netroots Nation convention.
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