By Christopher Moraff, The Philadelphia Tribune. Posted June 23, 2008. It works like this: Republicans hijack the Senate, block important legislation, then complain nothing is getting done. With one of the most contentious presidential primary battles in history finally behind us, media attention is beginning to focus on a fight of a different kind — [...]
Archive for June, 2008
25 Jun
Obama’s Clearest Path to the Presidency: Talk About Wages
By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. Posted June 24, 2008. If Obama counters the GOP’s race-baiting by promoting working-class interests and a fairer trade agenda, he will win the White House. In our us-versus-them culture, every political campaign is a battle to define who exactly the “us” and “them” are. Republicans typically say it is natives [...]
25 Jun
Low Mexican Gas Prices Draw Americans
By ADAM B. ELLICK Published: June 25, 2008 CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico ? When George Terrazas was mugged at gunpoint in this Mexican border city several months ago, he vowed never to return. Bruce Berman for The New York Times George Terrazas of El Paso made it a point to go to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the [...]
25 Jun
Consumer Confidence Declines to a 16-Year Low
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Published: June 25, 2008 Consumer confidence dropped to its lowest point in 16 years in June while home values fell in 20 metropolitan areas across the country, according to two economic reports released Tuesday. Enlarge This Image Joe Raedle/Getty Images Jacques Brevery of A&C Signs put a for-sale sign on a [...]
25 Jun
Financing the U.S. Health System
Issues and Options for Change By Meena Seshamani, Jeanne Lambrew, Joseph T. Antos | June 25, 2008 Health reform proposals across the spectrum have included changes in how the U.S. health system is financed. The goals of such changes include using financing incentives to promote system goals, replacing insufficient financing mechanisms with more sustainable ones, [...]
25 Jun
Morning News
From the Washington Post: Sen. Barack Obama rolled out a proposal yesterday to curb speculation in energy markets, which his advisers said would help stabilize soaring gasoline prices. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee laid out a four-step program that would, among other things, close an “Enron loophole” that protects some trading in energy futures from [...]
25 Jun
John McCain’s Fundamental Error
GOP presidential candidate Jonh McCain says “it’s not too important” how long American forces stay in Iraq. But in 2003, McCain said it would be a “fundamental error” to stay in Iraq too long, and that nothing would inflame Arabs more than a long term occupation. Related Tags:
24 Jun
Bush’s Executive Priviilege
www.americanprogressaction.org As the Bush era winds down, the President is asserting executive privilege to impede congressional oversight of his administration. With a contempt of Congress vote looming by Rep. Henry Waxman’s (D-CA) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, President Bush asserted executive privilege last Friday morning, blocking the committee’s subpoenas for documents relating to the Environmental Protection [...]
24 Jun
Obsessing about Iran
By H.D.S. Greenway June 24, 2008 THE WAR drums are beating hard in this the last summer of the Bush presidency. Israel practices bombing runs far out in the Mediterranean, refueling more than 100 fighter bombers in midair, in what is advertised as practice against Iranian nuclear facilities. President Bush goes to Europe to garner [...]
24 Jun
Big Oil and the war in Iraq
By Derrick Z. Jackson June 24, 2008 IT TOOK five years, the deaths of 4,100 US soldiers, and the wounding of 30,000 more to make Iraq safe for Exxon. It is the inescapable open question since the reasons given by President Bush for the invasion and occupation did not exist, neither the weapons of mass [...]
24 Jun
Falling Short In Spying Safeguards
www.americanprogressaction.org On Friday, the House passed “the most significant revision of surveillance law in 30 years,” and the Senate is expected to soon follow suit. House leaders insisted the bill was a “compromise” with conservatives, but as the New York Times noted, it was actually “a major victory for the White House after months of [...]
24 Jun
Turning Up the Heat on Climate Issue
20 Years Ago, a 98-Degree Day Illustrated Scientist’s Warning NASA’s James E. Hansen will mark the anniversary with new testimony. (2004 Photo By Melanie Patterson — Daily Iowan Via Ap) By David A. Fahrenthold Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 23, 2008; Page A03 There have been hotter days on Capitol Hill, but few where [...]
