Congress

Big business floods Congress with demands to de-regulate

February 11, 2011 By John Wojcik

Corporations officially unveiled loads of pet projects, wish-lists, and regulations they want axed during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The labor movement says it's corporate arm-twisting of lawmakers on the...

J .P. Morgan Chase forecloses on active duty troops

February 10, 2011 By Joe Sims

The banking industry showed its callous disregard for working families when J.P. Morgan Chase foreclosed on and overcharged thousands of troops on active duty.

Fight over Social Security is on

January 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The 112th Congress is barely under way and a fight has already broken out - on partisan lines, of course - over Social Security and Medicare.

Health reform backers gaining support

January 18, 2011 By John Wojcik

As Republicans attempt to repeal healthcare reform, Democats are turning the debate into a campaign to explain the law to more Americans.

This is a heat wave, at least in the long term

January 13, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Unfortunately, the Republican Party, especially its Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin / tea party section, either doesn't believe or refuses to believe the truth about climate change.