Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has introduced the “Bank on Student Loans Fairness Act,” as reported at, among other places, HuffPo. From Warren’s web site, excerpts from the Fact Sheet for the bill: The interest rate on federal subsidized Stafford loans is set to increase from 3.4 to 6.8 percent on July 1. … Student loan [...]
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Bill Clinton on Hillary: Stop Obsessing
PERHAPS Bill Clinton should call Rush Limbaugh and Darrel Issa, as well as all the Republicans turning their sights on her over Benghazi. From Politico: The former president hasn’t shied away from encouraging his wife to seek the White House but in an appearance at a fiscal policy summit today, he derided the obsession over [...]
Warren Unmasks Regulator Unfairness
THE TESTIMONY Senator Warren got out of federal regulators was as damning as it was inexcusable. Senator Sherrod Brown was also front and center. From Think Progress, the video is revelatory, showing Warren at her best. WARREN: So you have made a decision to protect the banks but not a decision tell the families who [...]
Elizabeth Warren Fillets Regulators: “Too Big to Fail” Becomes “Too Big for Trial” [Video]
“They violated every goddamn law in the book,” says Jack Blum, an attorney and former Senate investigator who headed a major bribery investigation against Lockheed in the 1970s that led to the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. “They took every imaginable form of illegal and illicit business.” – Gangster Bankers Too Big to [...]
Obama SOTU Turns Emotional on Gun Safety “Deserve a Vote” Chant [Full Remarks]
“President Obama made clear tonight that he will continue fighting to create jobs, rebuild our economy, and strengthen America’s middle class. All of us should work together to reduce gun violence in our communities and invest in our future – in education, infrastructure, and research. We will need a balanced approach to our budget, one [...]
Kerry’s Farewell, Cites Money in Politics, and a Word About Gov. Patrick [Full Remarks - Video]
SENATOR KERRY said so long to the Senate today. What he said about money won’t make it through the cacophony, but nothing is changing our democratic republic more. I also want to say that Gov. Deval Patrick is a schmuck. I’ve never cared much for Patrick and I care even less now. No offense to [...]
John Kerry, President Obama’s Easy Nomination
“Over these many years, John’s earned the respect and confidence of leaders around the world. He is not going to need a lot of on-the-job-training,” President Barack Obama said when he nominated Kerry last month. “I think it is fair to say that few individuals know as many presidents and prime ministers or grasp our [...]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Eviscerates A.I.G.’s Hank Greenberg Over Possible Lawsuit Against Taxpayers Who Bailed them Out
AFTER WRECKING the U.S. economy, the numbskull who helped cause it, former AIG CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, is trying to get A.I.G. to join his lawsuit against the New York Fed and the federal government, which was reported in a widely read story in the New York Times on Monday. The reaction in Washington and [...]
Top Story — History is Made as 20 Female Senators Sworn In
THE 113th Congress was sworn in with 20 female senators, Republicans and Democrats, which makes history. “I think that until we get to 50, we still have to fight because it’s still a problem,” Boxer said. “I think this class as you look around, Republicans and Democrats. … I think that because of this new [...]
Obama Era Brings New Meaning of “Freedom” and the Collapse of Unions that Built Middle Class
“This is just the first round of a battle that’s going to divide this state. We’re going to have a civil war,” Hoffa said on CNN’s “Newsroom.” [CNN] WHAT HAPPENED in Michigan didn’t arise out of nowhere. It developed with the help of Democratic Party laziness and lack of leadership, when the party of unions [...]
Elizabeth Warren Reported to be Named to Senate Banking Committee
In November Elizabeth Warren defeated Republican Sen. Scott Brown, Massachusetts. Senator-Elect Warren will be, writes Ryan Grim at HuffPo, … tapped to serve on the Banking Committee, according to four sources familiar with the situation. It’s a victory for progressives who battled to win her a seat on the panel that oversees the implementation of [...]
Chambliss Blasts Grover Norquist, but Larger Fight Centered on Elizabeth Warren
“I care more about this country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge.” – Senator Saxby Chambliss GROVER NORQUIST has no plan to pay down the debt, Chambliss charges. That’s because Norquist and the American right really do want to drown government in the bathtub. But if Republicans choose to listen to people championing this [...]
Exhausted, Obama Opens Up and His Cool Cracks
“Thank you. This is your victory.” – Words posted beneath the video above on Barack Obama’s YouTube channel ONE THING people who never get close to campaigns or ever meet candidates, including those who lose, ever get to see is the toll of a long election cycle. What candidates go through on the presidential level [...]
Women Must Build on Banner Year
Women also helped elect the country’s first pro-choice governor, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, who was voted in with 60 percent of women supporting her. New Hampshire, in fact, is national headquarters for the Year of the Woman, with an all-female Congressional delegation, a female governor, and a woman-controlled state legislature. [Forbes] ANOTHER MOMENTOUS election [...]
ELIZABETH [Video]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy THIS WOMAN is the very definition of presidential. It’s the reason when the first female president is mentioned in progressive circles the first name that comes to mind is simply Elizabeth. The Senate is lucky to have her, with the job she’s about [...]
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