The Tea Party likes to wrap itself in "grassroots" contempt for wealthy elites, but the 12 leading Tea Party Senate candidates have accepted over $4.6 million in campaign contributions from Wall Street for the upcoming election. more »
A full 90 members of Congress who voted to bailout Wall Street in 2008 failed to support financial reform reining in the banks that drove our economy off a cliff. more »
Oregon Democratic legislators seem to be spanking the corporate lobbyists that opposed the successful initiatives that produced vital revenue by raising corporate and top-end taxes. The business lobby thinks so – and isn’t that a good thing? Could someone call this to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s attention? more »
The country needs a jobs program and needs it right now. Cash for Caulkers would be a good start. A new Civilian Conservation Corps would be another. But let's not allow a jobs program to cover over the need for real changes in the structure and core principles of our economy. more »
blackagendareport.com — The nation’s First Black President has made it abundantly clear that he wants New York’s First Black Governor to forgo election next year. In choreographed leaks to the press, the White House threw its weight to David Paterson’s most prominent Democratic challenger, state attorney general Andrew Cuomo, who maintains close ties to the Admin...
As you may be aware, Senator Boxer’s Committee on Environment and Public Works plans a hearing tomorrow on the topic of “regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.”
The Interior Department Inspector General investigated misconduct at the Minerals Management Service—the office charged with collecting billions of dollars of revenue from oil and gas companies—and found that nearly one-third of the staff in this program received gifts from oil and gas companies.
The Mineral Management Office allowed oil companies to avoid paying over $10 billion in royalties for offshore oil drilling; in addition, the agency allowed oil companies to lower their share of costs after deals were signed.
In case there was any doubt about it, the White House has officially said President Bush would veto the so-called Lieberman-Warner climate bill, which the Senate took up yesterday. more »
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