Obama Faces Backlash Over New Corporate Powers In Secret
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration appears to have almost no international support for controversial new trade standards that would grant radical new political powers to corporations, increase the cost of prescription medications and. Posted: 12/08/2013 6:24 pm EST Updated: 01/25/2014 4:01 pm EST. The memos, which come from a government involved in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, detail continued disputes in the talks over the deal.
Senate Bill Would Effectively End The Federal War On Medical
For years, the states that have legalized marijuana have seen an aggressive crackdown under the Obama administration, with hundreds of raids on dispensaries in places such as California and Colorado, many of which were operating in compliance with state law.. The Senate bill would allow for no less than three other licensed sources for research-grade cannabis, a move that could provide a significant boost to unlocking the medical promise of the plant.
The People Party vs. The Money Party: Here Are the Players.
. Are the Players. Posted: 12/31/1969 7:00 pm EST Updated: 05/25/2011 12:00 pm EDT. The answer is that there is no official list because no one is forced to formally declare their allegiance to the People Party or the Money Party. But it is fairly. Similarly, Feingold has voted against every major lobbyist-written trade deal that has come through the Senate, even airing campaign ads on the issue well before that kind of message became more popular. Kennedy, as��.
Whats Really Wrong With Bill OReillys El Salvador Reporting
Fox News personality Bill OReilly has pointed to his brief stint in Latin America in 1982 as a correspondent for CBS News as proof of his experience covering ���active war zones.. 9 article in The Nation, told The Huffington Post he found it.
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Any pact would have to quickly pass both chambers of Congress after a rancorous period that has seen the two parties repeatedly belittle each others efforts to end the standoff. Check back here for the.. The specifics were pretty much the same as the White House has pushed for weeks if not months: free trade agreements, patent reform, an infrastructure bank, regulatory changes and the extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. Growing the��.
GOP Senators Flub Fact About The Constitution As They Lecture Iran About The.
It immediately began to dominate political conversation on social media Sunday night, after Bloomberg Views Josh Rogin published a story previewing the senators letter and sharing an early version of it.. The first hitch is that contrary to the.
House Democrats Balk At Efforts By Obama, Boehner On.
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats balked Thursday at a bill designed to clear congressional hurdles for President Barack Obamas controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. By refusing to put. Pacific Trade Deal. Posted: 01/09/2014 6:16 pm EST Updated: 01/25/2014 4:01 pm EST. Weve tried free trade, and not only has free trade not improved the U.S. economy, its gutted manufacturing and driven down our labor standards, he added, citing NAFTA as a prime example.
Free Trade Agreements Promoted for Corporate Benefit Gut the Middle Class.
Promoted by and for the elite, free trade deals since NAFTA have seen the share of national income to the richest 10 percent rise by 24 percent, to the top 1 percent, by 58 percent. Observed Bill Moyers, The post-NAFTA era has been marked by growing .
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Because Cuba has sunny shores, Europeans can easily book a vacation there to escape their winter weather. There are no restrictions upon doing so whatsoever. Cuba is not only free to trade with Europe, but also with Central America, South America.
Democrats Warn Obama They Dont Have His Back On Trade Plans
WASHINGTON -- With President Barack Obama declaring on Tuesday his intentions to push for legislation giving him authority to move forward unilaterally with trade deals, Democrats made one thing clear: They dont have his back. Twenty-first century .
Industry-Supported Chemical Bill Straight From Merchants.
It is possible the first environmental law that will emerge from Congress in almost a generation is one that has originated in the chemical industry -- the very industry this legislation purports to regulate, Cook said.. Partnership, a proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and the U.S. The Center for Environmental Healths Miller is among advocates who suggest the industry may be motivated to use a U.S. bill to water-down international law.
A Historic End to the 113th Congress Caps a Remarkable.
Senator Warren in no uncertain terms proclaimed that Citigroup and banks should be broken up into pieces, and she has authored a 21st-century version of the Glass-Steagall Act that would do just that. Meanwhile, on the other side of. On the other hand, following the 08 economic collapse -- from which we are still digging out and which left 8.8 million jobless despite a $700 billion bailout -- not one bankster has seen the inside of a prison. And still our so-called��.
Mitch McConnell Unveils Plan B Against Obama Immigration Actions
McConnell announced the plan for a stand-alone bill after Senate Democrats for the fourth time blocked a House-passed bill that would fund DHS and stop an array of Obamas immigration policies. McConnell didnt reveal next steps for DHS funding .
An Obamacare Replacement? Dont Believe The Hype
Its no coincidence that this is taking place in the run-up to a June Supreme Court ruling that could blow a giant hole in the Affordable Care Act. A decision against Obamacare would kick millions of people, mainly living in red states, off their health plans -- and leave. The Hatch-Burr-Upton proposal is a case study in the difficult trade-offs Republicans would eventually have to negotiate among their members and supporters -- and then defend to the broader public.
CBS News Releases Video Referenced in OReilly Dispute
Former CBS News correspondent Eric Engberg, who also was covering the event, characterized OReillys account as dishonest and completely nutty during a Huffington Post interview on Monday. Engberg said none of the camera operators working the .
Plutocracy the First Time Around
The mass strike in 1886 or before that in 1877 -- all the many localized mass strikes that erupted in towns and small industrial cities after the Civil War and into the new century -- was open-ended and ecumenical in reach.. Still, the big city.
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Five years ago, nobody would have thought that bank secrecy in Switzerland could come to an end. Today, we know it is. New mechanisms develop and help us cope with specific issues. Switzerland cant resist the pressure��.
Senator Charles E. Schumer Weighs in On the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade.
I thank Senator Schumer for reaching out to me on this critical issue that could impact our entire nation for generations to come, and I thank his office for graciously allowing me to post his letter, which sheds some needed light on this subject.
Democrats Warn Obama They Dont Have His Back On.
WASHINGTON -- With President Barack Obama declaring on Tuesday his intentions to push for legislation giving him authority to move forward unilaterally with trade deals, Democrats made one thing clear: They dont have his back.. was coy in a recent interview with The Huffington Post on whether she supports giving fast track authority to Obama. Shes supported and opposed trade deals in the past. Have you seen it? No, I havent seen it either, she said earlier��.
This Years Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Whos Who
The third annual Trans100 event, held Sunday at Chicagos Mayne Stage and live-streamed with support in part from Lambda Legal, recognized the work of out trans people who, in the words of cofounder Jen Richards, ���are working on trans issues in the .
The Tilted Playing Field in International Airline Competition
Airlines play a huge role in the economic success and development in all 50 states, which is precisely why Mr. Finger should understand that ensuring free and fair competition with Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways is so important.. All 112 Open.
Obama: Debt Ceiling Talks Fell Apart, Boehner Walked Out
No one wants to punt until default is the only other option, a Democratic aide said Friday morning, before the Senate voted down a House offer that coupled a debt ceiling raise with a radical constitutional amendment.. Coming so soon after both the president and a large portion of the Democratic party signed off on a bill that takes roughly.4 trillion out of the economy in the next 10 years, it was hard to imagine that the remedies being offered would have much of a��.
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Whats Really Wrong With Bill OReillys El Salvador Reporting
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Senators Near Deal On Massive Free Trade Bill No One Has Seen
WASHINGTON -- The two top lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee announced Thursday that they are nearing a deal on a bill to give President Barack Obama the fast-track authority that he will need to push mammoth new trade deals through .
Obamas Trade Deal Rewards A Brutally Anti-Gay Dictator.
Last year, 129 lawmakers signed a letter to the president raising concerns about that nations inclusion in the TPP -- a major free trade pact with 11 other Pacific nations. No progress has been made with Brunei on its Sharia��.
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Coral Davenport: Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has begun an aggressive campaign to block President Obamas climate change agenda in statehouses and courtrooms across the country, arenas far beyond Mr. McConnells official reach and authority.
House GOP Rams Through 2 New Deregulation Bills
After passing the Gingrich bill update on Wednesday, the GOP pushed through another piece of legislation -- its third of 2015 -- adding additional cost-benefit calculations to the regulatory workload. That bill garnered 19. Neither bill is likely to be enacted as standalone legislation, since Obama opposes both measures and this weeks votes demonstrated that Republicans do not have enough Democratic support to override a veto. Nevertheless, GOP leaders may try��.
The New South and Obama: An Interview with Josh Segall.
Much has been made of the promise of Barack Obamas coattails: his supposed big-tent ability to swell voter rolls and mobilize an election-day turnout that will not only put a Democrat into the White House, but also sweep down-ticket. a 3-way race for Louisianas 6th District, and will likely capture the majority of the African-American vote in the district, effectively splitting the Democratic vote and giving the edge to the Republican challenger, state Senator Bill Cassidy.
Immigration Advocates Brace For Big Win, Then Backlash
Years of failure to move a bill through Congress and stalled efforts to persuade the president to act have left the community dispirited. Now those advocates are bracing for the moment when they finally score a win in the��.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 3/23/2015
And thats the number of Americans who are benefitting from preventative care coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. And thats preventative care coverage that individuals can receive for free, so a pretty good deal. So well have some more.
Senators Reach Deal On Massive Free Trade Bill No One Has Seen
WASHINGTON -- Congress tax committees announced an agreement Thursday to speed through a bill to give President Barack Obama the fast-track authority that he will need to push mammoth new trade deals through Congress. While a deal had been .