The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s latest onslaught of television ads continues to miseducate voters about the potential impact of the health care law.... Read more»
The exaggerated Republican claim that the new health care law “kills jobs” was high on our list of the “Whoppers of 2011.” But the facts haven’t stopped Republicans and their allies from making an overblown “job-killing” claim a major theme of campaign 2012.... Read more»
Want to be an entrepreneur but also be certain you’ll have health insurance? Good luck with that. Many of America’s best and brightest are locked in soul-killing corporate jobs because of this country’s employer-based health care system.... Read more»
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce laid out a coordinated border plan Wednesday that calls for combined improvements in infrastructure, security, immigration policies and trade, instead of the current piecemeal approach.... Read more»
In setback for corporate lobbyists, whistleblowers can take tips to government investigators first.... Read more»
Many of the best legal scholars and judges in the country who are up for federal court positions are being painted in poor light, putting fair decisions at risk.... Read more»
Oil prices are high and rising at an alarming pace. But even with their cash registers overflowing with dollars from struggling families, Big Oil is mobilizing to defeat President Obama’s proposal to invest $4 billion annually in clean energy programs by ending unnecessary tax loopholes... Read more»
Even as it plowed tens of millions of dollars into ads this year to help mostly Republicans notch Congressional victories, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was initiating a new effort to raise millions more from energy, health insurance, financial services, and other firms to fund a new anti-regulatory campaign.... Read more»
Everybody knows money talks in politics, but people—and particularly the press—rarely pay attention to exactly how. It can define potential alternatives, invent arguments, inundate with propaganda, and threaten with merely hypothetical opposition.... Read more»
Think again: The media is slow to realize that outside groups are spending hard to tilt the balance of our democracy in their favor, explains Eric Alterman.... Read more»1
Lawmakers in other states looking for guidance on how to draft immigration laws that can withstand federal challenges may not have to wait for resolution of the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona over SB 1070. Another Arizona case may shed some light on the subject.... Read more»
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