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Constitution Daily: Staff- As Expected, Affirmative Action Arguments Featured Anthony Kennedy & Antonin Scalia: The End of Affirmative Action?

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: Constitution Daily: Staff- As Expected, Affirmative Action Arguments Featured Anthony Kennedy & Antonin Scalia: The End of Affirmative Action? The end of quota set-aside racially and ethnically based affirmative action, … Continue reading

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The Hill: Congress: Keith Laing: Senator Bernie Sanders: $1T Infrastructure Bill Would Be Cheaper Than Iraq War

The Hill: Congress: Keith Lainge: Senator Bernie Sanders: $1T Infrastructure bill Would be Cheaper Than Iraq War This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on WordPress Bernie Sanders wouldn’t be Bernie Sanders if we wasn’t proposing things like … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Opinion: Dean Starkman: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Rich & Poor The New Republic: Opinion: Dean Starkman: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap It is true that even since the American civil rights movement that even though African-Americans are doing better than they were pre-civil rights that they still … Continue reading

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VOA News: Video: President Obama Looks For a Political Comeback in 2014

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger What President Obama and Democrats need to do is to switch the national political focus to the economy. On issues like unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, a minimum wage increase, … Continue reading

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The White House: Video: Weekly Address: Ensuring 2014 is a Year of Action to Grow The Economy

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger With the weak December jobs report President Obama should be calling for a huge infrastructure investment bill somewhere in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And even call … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Clifford Winston- Caution Ahead: A Look at The Performance of The U.S. Transportation System

  Source: Brookings Institution: Clifford Winston- Caution Ahead: A Look at The U.S. Transportation System There plenty parts of the federal budget where I believe we spend too much as it relates to the military. Public assistance having all of these … Continue reading

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U.S. Senate Democrats: Video: Ironworker Ron Borza Emphasizes The Need For Infrastructure Investments

Ironworker Ron Borza Emphasizes The Need For Infrastructure Investments – YouTube. Infrastructure investment is important to the manufacturing industry because of the tools and parts that would be needed to do this work. Which creates work, jobs, contracts and money … Continue reading

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Chris Van Hollen: Video: U.S. Rep. Van Hollen Discusses Democratic Caucus Meeting With President Obama

Van Hollen discusses Democratic Caucus meeting with President Obama – YouTube. President Obama would be smart to bring in some Senate Democrats and Republicans who are knowledgable and interested. And in position of leadership to deal with infrastructure investment and … Continue reading

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AP: Raw Video: President Obama Challenge GOP to Accept Corporate Tax Deal

Obama Challenge GOP to Accept Corporate Tax Deal – YouTube. I like the idea of giving business’s that invest in America tax cuts and make that as part of tax reform. That any dollar they make inside the United States … Continue reading

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New America: Opinion- Michael Lind & Joshua Freedman- Value Added: America’s Manufacturing Future: The Keys to Long-Term Economic Growth

href=’http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/value_added_americas_manufacturing_future’>New America Foundation: Opinion- Michael Lind & Joshua Freedman- Value Added: America's Manufacturing Future. For large economic power which America certainly still is to do well in the long and short terms. They need to produce things in their country … Continue reading

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