The President calls health insurance reform critical to our nation’s long-term economic strength and dispells the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status quo.

A Campaign Proposal for Progressives
Two Ways to Pay As You Go
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By David Swanson
The day after ramming through nearly $100 billion more for wars and $100 billion in loans to European banks through the IMF, the …

ANALYSIS OF THE CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR 2009 SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING REQUEST (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
On June 11 House and Senate conferees approved a $105.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the latter part …

Interview: Barbara Lee with Rhone Fraser about 'Renegade For Peace and Justice'

Washington, DC –Today Representatives José E. Serrano, (D-NY); Henry Waxman, (D-CA); and Barbara Lee, (D-CA) sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to join them in working to lift the ban on use …

New goal: 2 million signatures by Feb. 16. Sign the petition and restore balance to our economy.
As this is being written, thousands of workers are gathering on Capitol Hill to call for an economy …

An Open Letter to the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
In a 60 Minutes interview that aired on October 22, 2006, 16 days prior to the election that gave the Democrats the majority in the …

From the AFL-CIO
Pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
Implement a meaningful economic recovery package that rebuilds our economy and creates millions of new jobs, including “green jobs.”
Provide affordable and quality health care for all.
Members of the …