Stabenow Calls for Passage of Tier V Unemployment Extension Bill, Lemieux Objects - Blog - OpenCongress
This afternoon Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI] called for the Senate to pass, under unanimous consent, the “Americans Want to Work Act.” The bill would add a fifth tier of unemployment insurance benefits in states with unemployment rates above 7.5%. The fifth tier would give an additional 20 weeks of benefits to unemployed people who have exhausted all of their available unemployment insurance benefits and have not yet found a job. Estimates differ on how many people would quialify for a fifth tier of benefits, but it’s generally believed to be somewhere around 2 million.
Democrats struggle to define own agenda - Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com
House Democrats have spent the past week dismissing the Republican agenda, “A Pledge to America,” as a budget-busting, irresponsible return to the Bush era.
But what’s the Democratic agenda if they actually retain majorities in Congress?
They don’t seem to have a quick answer. Some Democrats are in damage-control mode, barely able to look past Nov. 2. Others are defensive, believing they just need to do a better job of explaining to the American people what they’ve done on health care, financial reform and jobs bills.
No Fluke: Republicans Support Off-Shoring Jobs | OurFuture.org
Like the clear results on a pH test strip, the vote in the U.S. Senate this week on the Creating American Jobs and Ending Off-Shoring Act showed Republicans’ true color: Red. Red for China.
Or Mexico. Or Indonesia. Or anywhere multi-national corporations get tax breaks for exporting American jobs. In this test of loyalty, every Republican in the Senate voted for corporate greed over American workers
Where's the Voice of the Young People? | CommonDreams.org
My generation once shouted down the establishment, protested the war, rejected material possessions. Then the draft ended and we lost our idealism
Divest From BP - The Petition Site
Though many boycott BP gas stations, because the company sells gas under many different names, this tactic has little impact on its bottom line. Here's the sad truth: BP still makes billions of dollars every year.
Tony Schwartz: Why Companies Should Insist That Employees Take Naps
Good luck, right?
But here's the reality: naps are a powerful source of competitive advantage. The recent evidence is overwhelming: Naps are not just physically restorative, but also improve perceptual skills, motor skills, reaction time and alertness.
The Great Recession increased poverty in 31 of 50 U.S. states last year, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. These states, which all saw both the number and the percentage of residents living in poverty rise in 2009, were almost entirely concentrated in the Sout
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Household income plunged in 2009
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/28/AR2010092800465.html?wp...Household incomes shrank for the second year in a row in 2009, as the recession eroded the share of American families earning over $100,000 and swelled the ranks of people who are poor or just barely making it, according to census statistics released Tuesday.
D.C. disconnect: 400 fundraisers in 14 days - Chris Frates - POLITICO.com
www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42796.htmlInside the Capitol, lawmakers are largely marking time by naming post offices and passing a resolution to keep the government running through the elections.
But outside the Capitol, in the private rooms of Washington’s top steakhouses, political clubs and Capitol Hill townhouse salons, there is an epic money grab under way, with more than 400 fundraisers for House candidates in the two weeks leading up to Friday’s congressional adjournment
C-SPAN Video Player - House Judiciary Subcmte. Hearing on Immigration and Farm Labor
www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/09/24/HP/A/38516/House+Judiciary+Subcmte+Hearing...Comedian Stephen Colbert joined the panel of witnesses at a House hearing on immigrant farm workers. Mr. Colbert has partnered with United Farm Workers and their campaign calling on unemployed Americans to take jobs in the agriculture sector
Florida Politics | Sun Sentinel blog | Florida `progressives’ urge voting from home
weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/2010/09/florida_progressives_urge_...A liberal group called Progress Florida is telling voters they can avoid the weather and the lines at the polls by signing up to cast mail-in ballots from home.
“For Florida progressives, voting has never been more important…or easier,” the group says
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Llama on the lam: Llama reported on the loose In Brevard County Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota ROCKLEDGE, Florida -- Police on Monday continue to be on the lookout for a llama on the loose in Brevard County.
NOW Endorses Oct. 2 March on Washington: One Nation Working Together On Oct. 2, 2010, thousands will flood into Washington, D.C., to march as One Nation Working Together. NOW has endorsed this march and encourages our members and supporters to stand up for education, employment and equality for all by participating.
Patriotism Falsely Impugned FactCheck.org Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida is falsely accusing his opponent of evading the Vietnam War draft, claiming "he doesn’t love this country."
Robert Scheer: So Long, Summers Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president's top economic adviser is welcome news. Harvard's loss in taking back its $586,996-a-year professor and "president emeritus," who is also paid millions by Wall Street on the side, is the nation's gain.
Rick Scott's plan to slash prison spending called a 'hoax,' 'shell game' - St. Petersburg Times TALLAHASSEE — Rick Scott's plan to curtail state spending and create 700,000 new jobs includes slashing $1 billion from the prison budget by cutting salaries, reducing health care costs and expanding inmate-run vegetable farms
Tidd, Workman talk issues in forum tonight floridatoday.com FLORIDA TODAY Incumbent state Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, and challenger Amy Tidd, a Democrat, will appear in a candidate forum tonight
Amendment 8 proponents push class-size changes pnj.com Pensacola News Journal TALLAHASSEE — Proponents of Amendment 8, which would allow Florida's public schools to use averages rather than strict numbers to comply with class-size regulations, insist that they support smaller classrooms.
FloridaEnvironments.com: National ag groups ask EPA to reconsider water strategy nationally and in Florida Environmental Protection Agency to delay a proposed action on water quality in Florida and to reconsider its strategy nationally because of the expected costs.
Governor names key Obama fundraiser to commission TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist, a former Republican running as an independent for the U.S. Senate, has named a key supporter of Democratic President Barack Obama to a key legal position
Patriotism Falsely Impugned FactCheck.org Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida is falsely accusing his opponent of evading the Vietnam War draft, claiming "he doesn’t love this country."
Robert Scheer: So Long, Summers Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president's top economic adviser is welcome news. Harvard's loss in taking back its $586,996-a-year professor and "president emeritus," who is also paid millions by Wall Street on the side, is the nation's gain.
Rick Scott's plan to slash prison spending called a 'hoax,' 'shell game' - St. Petersburg Times TALLAHASSEE — Rick Scott's plan to curtail state spending and create 700,000 new jobs includes slashing $1 billion from the prison budget by cutting salaries, reducing health care costs and expanding inmate-run vegetable farms
Tidd, Workman talk issues in forum tonight floridatoday.com FLORIDA TODAY Incumbent state Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, and challenger Amy Tidd, a Democrat, will appear in a candidate forum tonight
Amendment 8 proponents push class-size changes pnj.com Pensacola News Journal TALLAHASSEE — Proponents of Amendment 8, which would allow Florida's public schools to use averages rather than strict numbers to comply with class-size regulations, insist that they support smaller classrooms.
FloridaEnvironments.com: National ag groups ask EPA to reconsider water strategy nationally and in Florida Environmental Protection Agency to delay a proposed action on water quality in Florida and to reconsider its strategy nationally because of the expected costs.
Governor names key Obama fundraiser to commission TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist, a former Republican running as an independent for the U.S. Senate, has named a key supporter of Democratic President Barack Obama to a key legal position
Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
LABOR DAY, AND THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO
Obama Calls for $50 Billion Public Works Plan
Florida slow to spend federal stimulus cash
FIU gives downcast Labor Day report on state of Florida's work force - St. Petersburg Times
KSC workers refocus as cuts creep close
Alex Sink for Governor of Florida - Agenda | Jobs & Economy
Republican foes, lobbyists now flock to Scott
Commentary: Democrats for Crist? Stick with party, not polls.
Many Democrats more anti-Rubio than pro-anyone - Beth Reinhard
Schultz: Vote to repeal state's incumbent protection plan
LABOR DAY, AND THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=165377888632#!/notes/jim-hightower/labor-day-and-...
Let's see where we are: 14.6 million people are officially out of work – 7.3 million of them for more than half a year. In the past two years, 55 percent of Americans have directly felt the sting of our country's ongoing Jobs Depression – 32 percent of this majority have lost jobs, 28 percent have had their hours involuntarily reduced, 23 percent have been forced to take pay cuts, and 11 percent have had their jobs converted from full-time to part-time07
Obama Calls for $50 Billion Public Works Plan
www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07obama.html?th&emc=th
MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades to the nation’s roads, rail lines and runways — part of a six-year plan that would cost tens of billions of dollars and create a government-run bank to finance innovative transportation projects
Florida slow to spend federal stimulus cash
articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-09-05/news/os-jobs-stimulus-rebates-recovery-2...
WASHINGTON — Florida agencies have spent only about 40 percent of their share of federal stimulus money, a slow flow of funds that has made a limited impact on the state's dire job market.
FIU gives downcast Labor Day report on state of Florida's work force
www.tampabay.com/news/fiu-gives-downcast-labor-day-report-on-state-of-floridas-w...
Researchers at Florida International University are overflowing with numbing numbers that illustrate the Great Recession's destructive force
KSC workers refocus as cuts creep closer
www.floridatoday.com/article/20100905/NEWS01/9050324/1006/news01/KSC%20workers%2...
Jaci Remrey woke up early one morning and thought, "Five weeks. That's all that's left of my job."
Remrey, 59, of Cocoa Beach, was recently notified she was being let go from Wiltech Corp. of Florida based at Kennedy Space Center. Her last day is Oct. 1
Alex Sink for Governor of Florida - Agenda | Jobs & Economy
www.alexsink2010.com/agenda?id=0001
Getting our state through this recession and coming out stronger and more prosperous on the other side will require a leader with experience in private business whose focus has always been entrepreneurship and problem solving
Republican foes, lobbyists now flock to Scott
www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/republican-foes-lobbyists-now-flock-to-...
TALLAHASSEE — In the aftermath of a mean-spirited primary, supporters of vanquished Bill McCollum are eagerly boarding the Rick Scott bandwagon, especially those Tallahassee special interests Scott vilified in the primary.
Commentary: Democrats for Crist? Stick with party, not polls.
www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/commentary/commentary-democrats-for-crist-stick-wi...
Some in the Florida Democratic Party have gone missing. In the middle of one of the most important election cycles in Florida and U.S. history, some Democrats have run from policies to play politics instead of sticking to the principles that make us Democrats
Many Democrats more anti-Rubio than pro-anyone
www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/03/1807710/many-democrats-more-anti-rubio.html
Remember the saying ``Anyone But Bush'' among Democrats in 2004 who feared a second term by George W. Bush?
Florida Democrats are slinging a variation on the slogan for 2010: ``Anyone But Rubio.'
Schultz: Vote to repeal state's incumbent protection plan
www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/columnists/schultz-vote-to-repeal-states-incumbent...
In poll after poll, voters rage against the "political Establishment." On Nov. 2, Florida voters can put this rage to good use.
For all the justified griping about lobbyists and special interests, nothing exemplifies insider politics like the process every 10 years by which politicians in Florida pick their voters, rather than risk letting voters pick their politicians. It is to democracy what dealing from the bottom of the deck is to poker.
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