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  • Under Pressure, The Federal Reserve Goes Populist


    FiredoglakeAuthority Authority: 767
    While many people think of the Federal Reserve as an independent body set up by the banks to enrich themselves – and for the most part, it is – there are certainly ways to influence it in the proper direction. The best way is for Congress to threaten to take away much of its power. That’s what Chris Dodd has ...
    2 days ago
  • More From Sen. Jeff Merkley Following Thursday’s ENDA Hearing


    Blog Out - Just Out NewspaperAuthority Authority: 143
    Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) had a busy day yesterday dicussing the significance, importance, and the necessity for the passing of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act – the bill that he has inherited from the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.After Thursday’s Senate hearing, Merkley took time out of his busy schedule to talk ...
    1 week ago
  • Playgirl "wouldn’t turn away Levi if he had a small penis" … Frank Bruni To TV?


    QueertyAuthority Authority: 728
    ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. → Playgirl consultant Daniel Nardicio on Levi Johnstons shoot : "I don’t think it’s appropriate [to ask about penis size]. I ask models [for a look], but they’re not famous. When they’re famous, I’m not going to worry about it. ...
    1 week ago
  • Inclusive ENDA Hearings Begin


    Joe. My. God.Authority Authority: 718
    Yesterday the first ever transgender-inclusive ENDA hearings began before the U.S. Senate. Restrooms and religion arose as the only objections today during the U.S. Senate’s first hearing on the inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). And the testimony from the Obama administration struck an ...
    1 week ago
  • Watch: Trans Retired U.S. Army Col. Diane Schroer on ENDA


    -Towleroad News- [#gay]Authority Authority: 743
    Although there were no transgender witnesses at yesterdays ENDA hearings , Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) made sure transgender voices were heard. Retired U.S. Army Col. Diane Schroer and Earline Budd spoke at a press conference before the ENDA hearings yesterday. Officer Mike Carney spoke as well. Watch, AFTER THE ...
    1 week ago
  • Urge Your Legistlator To Add “Interchange” to Banking Bill


    WayTooHigh.comAuthority Authority: 108
    Recommend: retailers and merchants urged to ask Sen Dodd to include interchange fee reform in banking bill, here is how: The voice from actual constituents for each Banking Committee member can make a difference. Explain and personalize why merchant interchange “swipe” fees are an unfair and a hidden tax.  Ask ...
    1 week ago
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Conducts First Hearing on ENDA This Morning


    Blog Out - Just Out NewspaperAuthority Authority: 143
    Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley met with several victims of employment discrimination today in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would provide basic protections against workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.Today’s hearing, in front of the Senate ...
    1 week ago
  • Save the Clean Air Act in Five Simple Steps


    It's Getting Hot In HereAuthority Authority: 591
    A couple of days ago, I myself and three other young people were in a meeting with one of Senator Jeff Merkley’s field staff in Portland, Oregon.  We were there to talk about the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, which Senator Merkley is already working to pass in the Senate Environment and ...
    1 week ago
  • Shuler in Oregon: The Sharks We Defeated Are Still Circling


    AFL-CIO NOW BLOGAuthority Authority: 652
    At the Oregon AFL-CIO convention, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler , who got her start organizing in Oregon, spoke yesterday to hundreds of delegates from across the state and encouraged them to start now on educating and mobilizing union members. Shuler told delegates:  Last year, you helped transform our ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Watered Down “Audit” Bill Threatens Ron Paul’s Efforts to Audit the Federal Reserve


    Ron Paul .comAuthority Authority: 552
    Show: Freedom Watch Host: Judge Andrew Napolitano Date: 10/21/2009 Transcript: Judge Andrew Napolitano: Hello and welcome to Freedom Watch, your daily dose of raw liberty streaming live on FoxNews.com. I’m your Host Judge Andrew Napolitano, here defending freedom, defending your natural rights and ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Shame on You Sens. Jeff Merkley and Bob Corker


    Mover MikeAuthority Authority: 432
    Here’s a letter from John Tate. President of CampaignforLiberty.com . Dear Friend of Liberty, Earlier today, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Bob Corker (R-TN) introduced “The Federal Reserve Accountability Act,” an attempt to kill HR 1207/S 604 by passing a bill that prevents a full audit and ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Waterboarding Ron Paul’s Audit The Fed Bill


    Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A TimeAuthority Authority: 549
    Well, it was only a matter of time before this happened. Actions such as these are the reason the word “cynic” was created. Ron Paul’s HR.1207 (S.604 in the Senate) which would require a complete audit of the Federal Reserve has 303 cosponsors in the House and 30 in the Senate. Yesterday, a new bill was ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Twenty Senate Democrats Still Haven’t Co-Sponsored ENDA. That’s Embarrassing.


    OutGayLife.comAuthority Authority: 156
    Earlier this summer, Senators Jeff Merkley, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in the U.S. Senate , a bill that (if passed) would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Its a bill that LGBT rights activists ...
    3 weeks ago

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