“Congress has an obligation to act as a check and ensure that the president does not become a king,” an expert said in praise of Schumer’s move. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday introduced legislation that would establish that the president and vice president don’t have immunity from prosecution—an effort to overturn the […]
“The ultra-wealthy would get hefty handout while families suffer. We can’t let that happen,” said Sen. Martin Heinrich, the chair of the Joint Economic Committee. An economic analysis of the far-right Project 2025 agenda crafted by at least 140 former Trump administration officials shows that the plan would result in higher taxes on working-class Americans and “corporate […]
“John Deere’s reckless layoffs and job cuts are an insult to the working class people of Iowa and Illinois,” said the United Auto Workers. The United Auto Workers on Tuesday condemned the manufacturing company John Deere over recent mass layoffs at factories in Iowa and Illinois, arguing the company’s strong profits, lavish handouts to investors, […]
One campaigner called the Energy Permitting Reform Act “a shameless attempt by Sen. Joe Manchin to line the pockets of his fossil fuel donors, sacrifice communities, and endanger our climate.” A bipartisan energy permitting reform bill introduced last week in the U.S. Senate—and described by one campaigner as “the biggest giveaway in decades to the fossil fuel […]