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Showing videos filed under: blanche lincoln
Bill Fletcher Jr.: Slap in the Face to Labor
June 9, 2010"It was a Sister Souljah moment," says Bill Fletcher Jr. of Bill Clinton's support for Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in her primary battle against insurgent Bill Halter. Lincoln, of course, is one of the Democrats whose refusal to support the Employee Free Choice Act keeps labor from expanding its base. Labor came out for Bill Halter, but the party elites supported Lincoln and helped her keep her seat.Bill Fletcher Jr., Bolivia's Water, BP and Afghanistan
June 9, 2010"It was a Sister Souljah moment," says Bill Fletcher Jr. of Bill Clinton's support for Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in her primary battle against insurgent Bill Halter. Lincoln, of course, is one of the Democrats whose refusal to support the Employee Free Choice Act keeps labor from expanding its base. Labor came out for Bill Halter, but the party elites supported Lincoln and helped her keep her seat.The F Word: Bubba Goes to Arkansas
June 9, 2010OK, so in case anyone was wondering where the White House stands vis-a-vis its base these days, the defeat of Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter makes it pretty stark. Who did the White House approve sending to campaign for incumbent Blanche Lincoln? None other than Bubba himself. Bill Clinton's way, just to recall was to promise loyalty to labor then push through NAFTA against their will once he got into office. To launch the reign of Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers de-regulating banking, shredding the safety net.Jane Hamsher: Battles From the Right and Left
May 17, 2010Tuesday is the biggest primary day of the year! Activists from Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Oregon’s right and the left are fighting fierce and close battles that will be decided tomorrow. These campaigns include, but are not limited to the rivalry between corporate interest pandering Blanche Lincoln and the more progressive Bill Halter in Arkansas, Joe Sestak’s sudden, and competitive surge for the democratic senate seat in Pennsylvania.Jane Hamsher, Big Oil Politics, and Why Are Voters So Mad?
May 17, 2010Tuesday is the biggest primary day of the year! Activists from Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Oregon’s right and the left are fighting fierce and close battles that will be decided tomorrow. These campaigns include, but are not limited to the rivalry between corporate interest pandering Blanche Lincoln and the more progressive Bill Halter in Arkansas, Joe Sestak’s sudden, and competitive surge for the democratic senate seat in Pennsylvania. Many people have described the shrimpers and fisherpeople affected by the BP oil spill as unheard by the mass media. What many people don’t understand, is many of these people are literally unheard in the midsts of this crisis –a large proportion of the shrimper and fisherpeople demographic in the Gulf Coast are Vietnamese and do not speak English. As the infamous BP oil spill creates more environmental devastation in the Gulf Coast, we look towards politics, big oil, and regulations or lack thereof for reasons why this happened and how to prevent it in the future. However, Barack Obama continues to undermine the catastrophe as an anomaly and push for offshore drilling. In a system fraught with entangled political, economic, and environmental policy, how can we manage to procure safety rather than ignore it?Dean Baker: Deficits, Loans and Losses
May 10, 2010The big economic news this morning was that 16 countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to create a nearly $1 trillion rescue fund to support the euro and keep the problems in Greece from spreading. Here in the US, the Dow might be climbing, but people are still struggling to find employment and recovery, Dean Baker reminds us, is still a long way off.Dean Baker, the DREAM Act, and Newsweek
May 10, 2010The big economic news this morning was that 16 countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to create a nearly $1 trillion rescue fund to support the euro and keep the problems in Greece from spreading. Here in the U.S., the Dow might be climbing, but people are still struggling to find employment and recovery, Dean Baker reminds us, is still a long way off. Meanwhile, the people who created the crisis are trying to use the deficits they caused to force cuts in social spending--here and around the world.Zach Carter: Loopholes in Financial Regulation Bill
May 5, 2010The financial reform bill made it through the first Republican filibuster last week and is being debated and amended now on the Senate floor. Regulating Wall Street isn't easy, though, and economics journalist Zach Carter has noted that the proposed reforms are "pretty flimsy"--he uncovered a loophole that allows banks to continue to make illegal trades without punishment!Zach Carter, Net Neutrality and Too Big to Jail
May 5, 2010The financial reform bill made it through the first Republican filibuster last week and is being debated and amended now on the Senate floor. Regulating Wall Street isn't easy, though, and economics journalist Zach Carter has noted that the proposed reforms are "pretty flimsy"--he uncovered a loophole that allows banks to continue to make illegal trades without punishment!Memo to NYT: Who's Really Spending Money on EFCA?
May 6, 2009The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is in trouble. US Senator Tom Harkin, who sponsored a bill to make it easier for workers to join unions, said May 4th that the main provision may have to be dropped.
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