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There is a brand new housing crisis looming on the horizon and none of the financial or foreclosure reforms being considered get anywhere close to solving it.
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Catherine Ruetschlin
The Center for Responsive Politics compiles data on the 50 top interest groups giving money to Congress. Near the top of the 2012 list are the usual suspects—finance, insurance, real estate, and Big Oil. Near the bottom are casinos and the building materials industry (along with "Women's Issues.")
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David Callahan
Extending the partial payroll tax holiday was not part of President Obama's most recent fiscal cliff offer, delivered this week, and that needs to change.
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Ilana Novick
In a properly working economy, a booming business would be good for everyone involved in building that business: shareholders, executives, and workers. In a broken and dysfunctional economy, the shareholders and executives would get richer and richer while the workers lived in poverty.
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David Callahan
However intense the calls for gun control reforms are now, they will soon fade in intensity.
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Michael Lipsky
A few months ago, we detailed the fracked up process underway in New York State to determine the health impacts from fracking. Since the results of the health study are not ready for release, the state had to open a public commenting period to extend the rule-making process. Until January 11 th at
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J. Mijin Cha
While Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was never exactly beloved by all, voters liked him a lot more before last week. That’s when Snyder signed legislation radically undercutting the state’s labor unions – a so-called “right-to-work” law – that he had previously insisted was “too divisive” to enact.
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Amy Traub
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In the aftermath of the Newtown massacre, individual rights have gone too far when it comes to guns.
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David Callahan
Last week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced new disclosure requirements for “dark money” nonprofits. The proposed rules would require 501(c)(4) organizations that spend money on politics in New York State to reveal the donors behind their spending.
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Anthony Kammer
Last week, I wrote about how strong majorities of Americans not only believe the climate is changing but also that human activity is causing it. Congressional inaction, therefore, ignores the priorities and concerns of the majority. However, while the oil and gas lobby does heavily influence
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J. Mijin Cha