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Watchdogs And Lapdogs On Financial Reform

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 20, 2009

There was a major victory for accountability this week in the financial reform fight, but there was also a demonstration that when it comes to protecting the profits of bankers at the expense of ordinary people, no institution does it better than the Party of No. read more »

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Obama’s Home And The Report Is Out: China Takes Us To School

By Eric Lotke
November 19, 2009

President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we’re getting schooled. read more »

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The Problem With A Jobs Bill – And Everything Else

By Dave Johnson
November 18, 2009

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. read more »

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Congress' Choice: Real Derivatives Reform Or Another Wall Street Earthquake

By Robert Johnson
November 18, 2009

This post is an excerpt of testimony presented to the Senate Agriculture Committee on November 18, 2009 in a hearing on legislation reforming regulation of financial markets. The testimony was presented on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform. read more »

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Finally

By Robert Borosage
November 18, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gets it. No wonder she drives the wingnuts batty.

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Labor Exec Shows How To Demolish Banking Industry Facade

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 17, 2009

Wall Street Reform Matters

Hear AFL-CIO policy director Damon Silvers explain why financial reform is important and his assessment of his debate with American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling.

The banking lobby, as corporate lobbies are wont to do, can build a wonderful Potemkin village of consumer delights, where a defanged government beholden to business interests smiles as unfettered CEOs and marketers rack up their profits and where only the buyer need beware.

This particular village, however, is as flimsy as it is fake, as Damon Silvers, the policy director at the AFL-CIO, demonstrated in a face-off with the banking industry's chief lobbyist, American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling sponsored by the Aspen Institute.

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It's Time to Put Jobs First

By Richard Trumka
November 17, 2009

We've got a jobs crisis in this country, and we need to fix it—now!

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Against Wall Street, Prosecutors Are Striking Out

By Sam Pizzigati
November 16, 2009

Unfortunately, lawmakers aren't doing too well either — and the big bank bonus grab has once again shifted into overdrive.

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It's Baaaack: The Catfood Commission

By Digby
November 13, 2009

Not that it ever went away. The catfood commission is the Zombie that has been clawing at the door since Obama was elected:
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What We Want From A White House Jobs Summit

By Isaiah J. Poole
November 13, 2009

President Obama's team made it clear months ago that he will brook no talk of a "second stimulus" at a time when the first stimulus is under significant criticism—from the right, to be sure, but also from the left. read more »

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