Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Scott Nance
The Arkansas members of a large U.S. labor union Monday announced their support of Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in the U.S. Senate primary challenge to incumbent Democrat Blanche Lincoln.
The backing of the United Steelworkers (USW) members in the Natural State adds a dimension to the Halter campaign, which up to now, had attracted support largely [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2010 by Scott Nance
A legislative response to the Supreme Court decision in Citizen United vs. FEC unveiled Thursday by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is a start, but doesn’t address Congress’ reliance on Wall Street and other big special interests, according to two watchdog groups. The two reform groups, Public Campaign and Common [...]
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Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives grabbed a half dozen bags of sincerity, looked directly into every TV camera they could find, and lied.
The House had just defeated, 228–205, a bipartisan $700 billion bailout bill. But it was the Democrats who were the subject of vicious rhetoric.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) [...]
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Posted on September 15th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The sky is falling… The sky is falling… I spent a few blissful days out at the beach this past weekend ignoring the news. I came home and got back online was greeted by the grim news of the latest shake up on Wall Street.
Lehman Brothers is filing for bankruptcy protection, Bank of America is [...]
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