Congress

Afghanistan: Time to go!

March 4, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Nearly three quarters of Americans want an early end to the Afghanistan war. Now is the time to press President Obama and Congress to set an exit plan with a speedy timetable for withdrawal.

Aid to workers hurt by outsourcing to end

February 15, 2011 By Barb Kucera

The federal program that has helped hundreds of thousands of workers get back on their feet after their jobs went overseas could soon disappear due to an error by 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.