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Jane Lyons for County Auditor luncheon fundraiser, Headquarters, 11 am to 1 pm.
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3rd House meetings with area legislators, Anderson Public Library, 8 am
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We Must Stop This Corporate Takeover Of American Democracy
MIKE LOFGREN
How the Media Lost the Plot on U.S. Taxation
ANSON ASAKA
The GOP's Message to Black People
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Right to Work Facts (<-click to link)
House Democrat petition to put Right to Work on ballot so Hooiser can decide instead of out of state/country corpoations.
Push for anti-union law roils Indiana. NYT: "The standoff, three weeks old, is over whether Indiana should become the first state in the Midwest manufacturing belt to adopt legislation banning union contracts from requiring nonunion members to pay fees for representation ... At times in recent days, the chants of protesters ... have echoed through the rotunda: 'Occupy the Super Bowl!'"
President prepares to lay out re-election themes in tomorrow's SOTU. W. Post:"Advisers say he will use the State of the Union to echo and expand on the economic themes he raised last month in Osawatomie, Kan., where he offered a populist defense of imperiled middle class ambitions."
Dems stake out tough stance in payroll tax talks. TPM:"...Democratic leaders are beginning 2012 by staking out a firm stance on their left flank: fund a full-year extension of the tax cut, unemployment benefits and Medicare 'doc fix' with a millionaire surtax and war savings — two offsets they know won’t go over well with Republicans."
Lockouts, not strikes, now at a "record percentage of the nation’s work stoppages." NYT: "With many private-sector labor unions growing smaller and weaker, and with public-sector unions under attack in numerous states, some employers think the time is ideal to use lockouts, a forceful approach they were once reluctant to use."
Progressive coalition delivers 360K petition signatures to Obama demanding investigations, not settlements, in foreclosure fraud scandal. HuffPost: "The calls comes months after The New York Times reported that members of the Obama administration were pressuring New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to go along with the multi-billion dollar settlement. But Schneiderman and a handful of other state attorney generals have criticized the deal for being too lenient on the banks."
"Two-Thirds Of Small Business Owners Say Citizens United Ruling Hurts Them, reports ThinkProgress: "'...the ruling hurts the small businesses that we need to be strong for economic recovery,' said David Levine, executive director of the American Sustainable Business Council. 'Business owners are frustrated because they have to compete with big business bank accounts to be heard, and they are fighting back.'"
CBS debunks "food stamp" charge:"While the number of people on food stamps is indeed at a record level, that's in part because of eligibility rules being relaxed under the administration of George W. Bush. It's also due in part to the economic downturn that began under Mr. Bush ... The percent increase in beneficiaries during Mr. Bush's presidency was higher than it has been under Mr. Obama: The number of beneficiaries went from 17.3 million in 2001 to 28.2 million in 2008 - an increase of 63 percent in years that are mostly considered non-recessionary."
House Democrat petition to put Right to Work on ballot so Hooiser can decide instead of out of state/country corpoations.
Push for anti-union law roils Indiana. NYT: "The standoff, three weeks old, is over whether Indiana should become the first state in the Midwest manufacturing belt to adopt legislation banning union contracts from requiring nonunion members to pay fees for representation ... At times in recent days, the chants of protesters ... have echoed through the rotunda: 'Occupy the Super Bowl!'"
President prepares to lay out re-election themes in tomorrow's SOTU. W. Post:"Advisers say he will use the State of the Union to echo and expand on the economic themes he raised last month in Osawatomie, Kan., where he offered a populist defense of imperiled middle class ambitions."
Dems stake out tough stance in payroll tax talks. TPM:"...Democratic leaders are beginning 2012 by staking out a firm stance on their left flank: fund a full-year extension of the tax cut, unemployment benefits and Medicare 'doc fix' with a millionaire surtax and war savings — two offsets they know won’t go over well with Republicans."
Lockouts, not strikes, now at a "record percentage of the nation’s work stoppages." NYT: "With many private-sector labor unions growing smaller and weaker, and with public-sector unions under attack in numerous states, some employers think the time is ideal to use lockouts, a forceful approach they were once reluctant to use."
Progressive coalition delivers 360K petition signatures to Obama demanding investigations, not settlements, in foreclosure fraud scandal. HuffPost: "The calls comes months after The New York Times reported that members of the Obama administration were pressuring New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to go along with the multi-billion dollar settlement. But Schneiderman and a handful of other state attorney generals have criticized the deal for being too lenient on the banks."
"Two-Thirds Of Small Business Owners Say Citizens United Ruling Hurts Them, reports ThinkProgress: "'...the ruling hurts the small businesses that we need to be strong for economic recovery,' said David Levine, executive director of the American Sustainable Business Council. 'Business owners are frustrated because they have to compete with big business bank accounts to be heard, and they are fighting back.'"
CBS debunks "food stamp" charge:"While the number of people on food stamps is indeed at a record level, that's in part because of eligibility rules being relaxed under the administration of George W. Bush. It's also due in part to the economic downturn that began under Mr. Bush ... The percent increase in beneficiaries during Mr. Bush's presidency was higher than it has been under Mr. Obama: The number of beneficiaries went from 17.3 million in 2001 to 28.2 million in 2008 - an increase of 63 percent in years that are mostly considered non-recessionary."
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