- More than 100 "Fracktivists" rallied for clean air and water outside the De...
- Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) released the following...
- President Barack Obama was heckled during a speech at the National Defense ...
- LONDON—The International Monetary Fund urged the U.K. government to count...
- Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the ...
- President Barack Obama knows the dangers of not going far enough or fast en...
- Act would boost employment now for the many who need it, eliminate residual...
- The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely ...
- Washington is descending into another silly season. Let’s end this divers...
- "Ewww. Don't do it, Patrick. Don't do it. Dogs pee here." A woman was giv...
- The Pentagon wants Congress to shift $9.6 billion of this year’s Defense ...
- What the civil war in Syria has exposed is that the massive political and s...
- The Pentagon will ask Congress to approve about $79.5 billion for combat op...
- One of California’s great mysteries is the state’s governor, Jerry Brow...
- After years of mismanagement, the Tribune Company newspapers -- including t...
- Pentagon officials today claimed President Obama and future presidents have...
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- Under George W. Bush, it went after the NAACP, Greenpeace and even a libera...
- Here's who is buying America's democracy The spark that ignited tea party...
- The money swamp created by Citizens United: Dark Money, corporate shell gam...
- Since 2000 more than 50,000 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. have close...
- The Associated Press says the U.S. Department of Justice has secretly obtai...
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Camel's Nose: Let's Outlaw Drone Strikes in the United States
Written by Robert Naiman | Huffington Post
We have to start somewhere.
Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have introduced a bill, S. 505, that would prohibit drone killings of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they do not represent an imminent threat.
Progressive Caucus Leaders Release the Back to Work Budget to Create 7 Million Jobs
Written by Congressional Progressive Caucus | Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, including Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Keith Ellison and Budget Taskforce members Reps. Jim McDermott, Jan Schakowsky, Barbara Lee and Mark Pocan, today released their fiscal year 2014 budget alternative, the Back to Work Budget, which creates almost 7 million jobs over the first year and reduces the deficit by $4.4 trillion over the next 10 years.
The Back to Work Budget
Written by The Congressional Progressive Caucus
7 million new jobs in one year
$4.4 trillion in deficit reduction
We're in a jobs crisis that isn't going away. Millions of hard-working American families are falling behind, and the richest 1 percent is taking home a bigger chunk of our nation's gains every year.
ConservaDem Stephen Lynch Poses As Someone Who Fights For Working Families
Written by Janis Kay
The ad [below] is a slick production trying to introduce Massachusetts' most conservative Democratic congressman to voters statewide.
The Hill Poll: Voters: Pentagon should bear the brunt of deficit cuts
Written by Lara Seligman | The Hill
A majority of voters believe cutting America’s debt is more important than maintaining domestic and military programs at their current levels, according to a new poll for The Hill.
The State Department’s latest environmental assessment of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline makes no recommendation about whether President Obama should approve it. Here is ours. He should say no, and for one overriding reason:
Demand Bradley's 'aiding the enemy' charge is dropped!
Written by Free Bradley Manning Support Network
This week the Bradley Manning Support Network is joining with FireDogLake in a call-in action to protest the government's decision to move ahead with all its charges against Bradley Manning.
Progressive Caucus Leaders Demand Administration’s Full Response on Drones
Written by Congressional Progressive Caucus | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today Rep. Barbara Lee, the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Peace and Security Task Force, with CPC Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Keith Ellison and Caucus members John Conyers, Donna Edwards, Mike Honda, Rush Holt, and Jim McGovern, sent a letter requesting the full, unclassified release of information surrounding the Obama administration’s drone policy. Rep. Conyers is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee.
F-35’s ability to evade budget cuts illustrates challenge of paring defense spending
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Washington Post
At EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — With an ear-ringing roar, the matte-gray fighter jet streaked down Runway 12 and sliced into a cloudless afternoon sky over the Florida Panhandle.
Have You Heard of the TPP Yet? An Important Trade Agreement You Need to Know About
Written by Celeste Drake Photo courtesy of the Global Trade Watch. Rally in Leesburg, Va. | AFL-CIO
The U.S. government is currently working with 10 other countries to negotiate the biggest trade and investment agreement (also known as a “free trade agreement” or FTA) in history. It is called the TPP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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