Bipartisan negotiations over Wall Street reform appeared on the brink of collapse Tuesday night, over the issue of consumer financial protection, and Republicans appeared prepared to ultimately cede the current fight to the Democrats, signaling that if a deal between each party’s principals doesn’t bear fruit soon, they’ll move ahead with the Democrats’ bill. […]

  In October, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) broke with his party to argue that health care reform “is not socialized medicine” and suggested that he could have voted for the bill. “You hear a lot of people on the extreme say that socialized medicine is going to come in and control everything. […]

  A series of recent developments in various Republican Senate races has once again called into question whether the party’s committees are squandering a historic opportunity as they approach the 2010 elections. In several races throughout the country, candidates who either have the explicit backing of the party apparatus or are widely considered the establishment […]

    America, wake up and force your elected official to pass an effective finance reform bill. When 40% of domestic profit are made from moving money as opposed to making products and services then most are falling behind, the country is falling behind. Instead of allowing corporate induced propaganda to use abortion, immigration, big […]

Making money from money as opposed making money from products and services ensures a countries economy will ultimately fail as it transfers it wealth straight to the top. The Secret of the Banks’ Success Back in early 2009 I was skeptical about the ability of major banks to recapitalize themselves out of profits. I was […]

  Although Senate Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd and his sometime Republican ally Richard Shelby continued to make noises on the Sunday talk shows about a possible bipartisan deal, both President Obama and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank have personally urged Dodd not to cut a deal with Republicans. I asked Frank point blank […]

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  Today, another lesson in why you should never take anything Rush Limbaugh says at face value without first doing your homework. On his radio program, Rush called President Obama a liar for making claims that the health care law contains numerous Republican ideas–including the idea of the insurance exchanges, which Obama says came from […]

  Senate Forecast Update: Little Chance of GOP Takeover, but Dem Position Remains Precarious by Nate Silver @ 12:01 AM Although national trends continue to move slightly toward the Republicans — since the start of the year, our senate model’s trend estimate has them gaining ground on the Democrats at the rate of about 1 […]

Republicans in Arizona passed a Racial Profiling Immigration Bill under the pretext that the Federal Government was not moving fast enough on immigration reform. So of course, the Republicans are trying to block immigration reform in Congress. GOP lawmakers seek to halt immigration reform push By the CNN Wire Staff April 25, 2010 3:16 p.m. […]