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by | July 15, 2010
Will the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act reform Wall Street or protect consumers by the time it passes the Senate? … The Republicans are blocking one of the most effective ways to stimulate the economy—extending unemployment benefits.
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by | July 15, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates channels Eisenhower in a speech sounding the alarm about out-of-control Pentagon spending. … Defense budget changes would add funds by making strategic cuts. … The defense budget grew from 3.1 percent of GDP in the late 1990s to 4.8 percent of GDP for 2011. …The number of private contractors in Afghanistan roughly equals the number of troops there. … By 2012, interest on the national debt is projected to equal the base budget for the military.read article »
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by | July 1, 2010
The gulf between Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman and Republican Rep. Joe Barton's recent questioning of oil industry execs highlights what's at stake for the Democrats should they lose the November elections.read article »
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by | July 1, 2010
Folks living on Grand Isle, Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island, know BP and its claims process first hand.read article » |
by | May 15, 2010
The 29 miners killed in the Upper Big Branch coal mine were not part of a union. Mine owner Massey Energy and CEO Don Blankenship have made a career out of breaking and blocking union efforts since the 1980's, even though the safety record is far better in unionized mines and mine fatalities far fewer.read article » |
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by | May 15, 2010
The 29 miners killed in the Upper Big Branch coal mine were not part of a union. Mine owner Massey Energy and CEO Don Blankenship have made a career out of breaking and blocking union efforts since the 1980's, even though the safety record is far better in unionized mines and mine fatalities far fewer.read article »
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by | May 1, 2010
Is Mexican President Felipe Calderón blaming the victims in his war on drug cartels? Killings in Ciudad Juárez jumped from 317 in 2007 to 1,623 in 2008 after Calderón mobilized the military, and almost doubled in 2009 to 2754. Victims' families express outrage at the president's contention that most of those killed are not innocent civilians, and the population grows increasingly skeptical of his claim.read article »
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