Unholy Week: Senate Votes Complete A Portrait Of Wrong Priorities
Both the House and Senate have now passed budget resolutions that offer comfort and protection to the wealthy and powerful and more discomfort and vulnerability to everyone else.
Category: Economy
Progressive Caucus Budget Defeated, But Wins Majority of Democrats
The People’s Budget picked up 95 votes, a larger share of votes from the House Democratic caucus than its predecessors in previous years. Republicans, not surprisingly, were unanimous in opposition.
The People’s Budget Seeks Citizen Co-Sponsors And Democratic Support
The Campaign for America’s Future has joined a campaign to sign up citizen co-sponsors of the Progressive Caucus People’s Budget. The goal is to get a Democratic majority to support it during next week’s floor vote.
The Housing Crisis In the Shadow Of the Capitol
The people who make Washington function are increasingly unable to live in Washington. That’s a symptom of a national housing affordability crisis that is not getting the attention it deserves.
Thousands Today Say #WeRise To Reclaim Government For The People
Local and national progressive organizations coordinated dozens of actions in 16 states today as part of “We Rise: National Day of Action to Put People and Planet First.”
Why Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Middle Class Prosperity Project’ Matters
Could this project, using Warren’s distinctive voice, help progressives present a bold alternative not only to destructive conservative policies but the Band-Aids and incremental measures of mainstream Democrats?
Why We Must Oppose The Coming Fed Interest Rate Hike [Video]
Economist Dean Baker explains the reasoning behind the effort to get organizations to endorse a petition calling on the Fed to back away from an interest rate hike that could drive up unemployment.
California, ‘State of Inequality’: Series Tackles Growing Wealth Gap
The website Capital & Main launches a month-long expose on how rampant inequality in California is leaving nearly everyone behind. The series hopes to inform the national progressive movement for economic reform.
The Ominous ‘Cromnibus,’ A Budget Bill That Should Have Died
With all of the bad stuff that is in the 2015 budget that the House struggled to pass late Thursday, there is also a major story to be told about what’s not in the bill. In an ideal world, it would have been voted down.
Bill de Blasio: “Democrats Not Standing Up” For Democratic Ideals
The New York City mayor offers a blunt critique of the midterm elections and shows how cities can set the pace for a progressive transformation of our national politics.