Tag: Congress
‘Failure isn’t an option’: Progressives plan to mobilize if Supreme Court...
"The Higher Education Act should be used immediately and rapidly to deliver on this essential commitment."
3.2 million kids could be thrown off ‘childcare cliff’ in September—unless...
"Congress must take action to tackle the childcare crisis now."
The ultimate all-American slush fund
Could a new budget loophole allow Pentagon spending to soar even higher?
House GOP panel releases budget that would ‘destroy Social Security as...
"The largest group of House Republicans just released a budget that calls for massive tax cuts for the super-rich and raising the Social Security retirement age, a benefit cut for millions of Americans."
Climate activists decry pipeline ‘deal with the devil’ at protest outside...
"It's time to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure and that means no more pipelines. Chuck, stop appeasing Manchin!"
Senate investigation shows how GOP law enabled Big Pharma’s ‘extreme’ tax...
"Big Pharma gets us coming and going—they charge Americans sky-high prices and they pay absolute rock-bottom taxes, not anywhere near a fair share."
‘Disappointing day for women’: Senate GOP filibuster blocks Equal Rights Amendment
"Inequality hurts everyone, and we must not continue to be a nation that harmfully excludes and marginalizes women."
‘MAGA economic sabotage’: 217 House Republicans pass debt ceiling bill with...
"Republicans just passed a bill that would kill jobs, take away federal benefits for millions, and make everyday life for Americans more expensive. This is completely unworkable."
WATCH: Sanders rips Schultz over ‘unforgivable’ efforts to crush worker organizing
"That union-busting campaign has been led by Howard Schultz."
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.