Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2011.  Wisconsin’s budget stalemate over union bargaining rights shows no sign of resolution, and it could be a long wait, according to the Associated Press. Governor Scott Walker (R) isn’t budging; Democrats in the state Senate who are gone are not planning to come back; and, despite[Read More…]

Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2011.  -Economists agree that the key to creating good jobs and a strong economy is investments—particularly investments in infrastructure, research innovation, and worker productivity. Nevertheless, House Republicans seem determined to do just the opposite of what America needs to promote economic growth. In the wee hours of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011.  Yesterday, the Center for American Progress released the article “Qaddafi’s Last Stand?: How the United States Can Respond as Tripoli Heats Up,” by John Norris and Sarah Margon, detailing steps that the United States can take as protests and violence escalate in Libya. Libya stands at[Read More…]

Palo Alto, CA–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2011.  Nearly six out of ten people believe that marijuana should be “treated like alcohol and tobacco,” according to a national poll of 1,000 Americans. The poll, conducted by YouGov America and commissioned by The Economist, has a margin of error of ±4.2 percent. Thirty-four percent of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2011.  Click here to see how many of the nearly 300,000 jobs that would be lost by cutting health care funds are in your state. It’s budget time in Washington, which after last year’s congressional elections means everyone is focusing on reducing government spending. It’s easy to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011.  While conservatives garner public attention with their effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, other conservative proposals to undermine our nation’s health care system are receiving less attention. Most notably, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the chairman of the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives, advocates[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011.  The House Republicans are gradually being forced, step-by-step, to concede that—notwithstanding their promise in the recent congressional election—even they don’t support the idea of cutting $100 billion from the 2011 nonsecurity, nonentitlement portion of the federal budget. The most recent step is crossing the Rubicon into[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011.  Conservatives for almost two years now have claimed that the federal budget deficit is solely a spending problem—and that the solution, therefore, is to just cut spending as deeply as possible. Before the 2010 congressional elections, then-House of Representatives Minority Leader Boehner (R-OH) promised to find[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2011.  Less than one-third of Americans have confidence that the federal government can solve problems, according to a recent Center for American Progress survey. The sentiment may be worse at the state level. The Pew Center on the States recently found that less than 20 percent of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2011. By The Mortgage Finance Working Group, sponsored by the Center for American Progress Read the full report (pdf) Download the introduction and summary (pdf) In the years prior to the Great Depression, American housing finance was characterized by wild boom-and-bust cycles, regionally disparate prices, and short-term[Read More…]