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November 27, 2009

For millions of Americans, this is a time of home, food, and family. And for many of us, the inevitable polite conversation with the uncle who has squandered too many hours listening to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

How are you to survive an evening with your Uncle Mortimer?

You know, the uncle who looks vaguely like Dick Cheney. He worships Ronald Reagan, considers "French" an insult, and wants to know where Obama was really born.

Uncle Mort knows you're a "liberal," and he eagerly sits next to you at the dinner table, armed and ready with the usual conservative tripe. Not surprisingly, he starts with what's hot.

Find out how to handle Uncle Mort »

Hold The Fed and Banks Accountable

'AUDIT THE FED' ADVANCES: Rep. Alan Grayson has scored a major victory by getting a Federal Reserve accountability and disclosure provision written into financial reform legislation in a House committee.
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BANKSTER EXTORTION: How banks are trying to intimidate you into opposing a consumer financial watchdog agency.
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Stopping The Next Financial Disaster

Now is the time for Americans to stand up for common-sense progressive reforms to clean up the financial system. Here are some facts and perspectives you need to take action.
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Finally: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Robert Borosage: "Democrats finally got the subject right. They initially hoped to do a stealth, piecemeal plan. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call for a jobs agenda and President Obama's summit invite responses closer to the scale needed to deal with the challenge we face." Read more »

A Jobs Bill Won't Work...Unless

"It still won’t change the need to restructure the rest of our economy so that it, too, provides good pay and benefits to all of us instead of concentrating all wealth and income at the top." Read more »

Beyond The Trip

BRIEFING: The chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Carolyn Bartholomew, and the president of the Economic Strategy Institute, Clyde Prestowitz, discuss the economic impact of Obama's trip and the policies we should push for.
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» Read our series on Obama's China Challenge

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Obama’s Budget: Supporting Students, Not Banks

President Obama’s 2010 budget would transform the federal financial aid system that struggling students and families rely on to pay for college. The proposed budget cuts excessive lender subsidies, moves to more efficient direct lending instead, and invests the savings in students. Our report examines the impact, for the entire country and for students in each state.