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Bernanke Whip Count Update: Bernanke Nears 50, 30 Senators Remain Undeclared

By Bill Scher | January 27, 2010

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While we at Campaign for America’s Future and Open Left having been conducting our own “Bernanke Whip Count,” so have the journalists at



Another Bridge Falls — Fixing Infrastructure Fixes Jobs And Deficits
 Dave Johnson
05/24/13

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Another aging highway bride falls, cars and people in the water… This problem was well-known and urgent years ago! But Republicans block it, saying fixing our infrastructure is “more…



Even With College Degrees, Youth Struggle In A Weak Economy
 Derek Pugh
05/24/13

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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s recent data on college graduates has been a gift that keeps on giving. The plethora of information has provided great insight into the millennial…



Washington’s Literal Sinkhole, And Our Idiotic Fixation On Deficits
 Robert Borosage
05/23/13

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On Tuesday, a “sinkhole” suddenly sank in Washington D.C. three blocks from the White House. Not a metaphor, but a massive hole in the road as “long as a Ford Explorer,”…



TPP: A Deregulation Treaty Not A Trade Treaty
 Dave Johnson
05/23/13

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The upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is using a process that is rigged from the start. It is not being negotiated by governments for the benefit of their people, it is being…



Offset This, Sen. Coburn
 Terrance Heath
05/23/13

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As I noted in my previous post, even before the winds died down in his home state, Oklahoma  Republican Sen. Tom Coburn insisted that additional disaster relief approved by Congress must be…