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Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
'We have to increase taxes on the wealthy': Steve Bannon Steve Bannon wanted to talk about populism, about cutting spending, and about raising taxes on the rich. He had watched Republicans round up votes for the National Defense Authorization Act without ... 12/20/2024 - 6:26 am | View Link
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found. 12/11/2024 - 1:44 am | View Link
Video Clip: Wealthy Americans and Income Taxes Tax Foundation Senior Economist and Research Director for Federal Tax Policy Erica York talked about the organization's research on how much wealthy Americans pay in federal taxes. 12/10/2024 - 1:31 am | View Link
Wealthy Americans are still ducking the IRS crackdown on non-filers Tens of thousands of wealthy Americans are not complying with recently revamped IRS efforts to get them to file tax returns. 12/6/2024 - 1:54 am | View Link
With the Denver Broncos playing well this season, the grimmest show in Colorado can be found in a small room near the state Capitol.
That is where the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee has been tasked with cutting hundreds of millions of dollars — even as much as $1 billion — from the state’s $16 billion general fund budget.
With so much new music being put out and new stars created each year, it's ironic that one of the most played songs on Spotify in 2024 was Journey' "Don't Stop Believing"
Billboard:
More than a billion Spotify streams, a Library of Congress National Recording Registry placement and plays at virtually every sporting event around the world don’t lie — this one is Journey’s pinnacle of success.
After six years at the helm of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, dedicated to "building the infrastructure" necessary to effectively fight for key policies on Capitol Hill, term-limited Rep. Pramila Jayapal is determined to ensure that the CPC's incoming leaders "are as successful as possible."
Jayapal (D-Wash.) spoke with Common Dreams on Wednesday about her time leading the caucus of nearly 100 lawmakers whose legislative priorities include "comprehensive immigration reform, good-paying jobs, fair trade, universal healthcare, debt-free college, climate action, and a just foreign policy."
She was elected first vice chair of the CPC in June 2017, just months into her freshman term in Congress.