The Fight Over Education in Washington

Congress is unlikely to take up its school financing bill, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, until next year. But teachers unions and other forces of the status quo are already trying to subvert the measure by discrediting President Obama’s signature education initiative, the Race to the Top, which requires the states to make reforms in exchange for federal grants.

Read more – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/opinion/31sat2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Commonwealth Fund analysis highlights benefits for women in health-care overhaul

The law Congress adopted this spring to reshape the nation’s health-care system will be especially beneficial to women, because they traditionally have relied on health care more than men, faced more insurance problems and had greater difficulty paying medical bills, according to a new analysis.

Read more – http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073000026.html?wpisrc=nl_fed

Representative Anthony Weiner (D – NY) Rips Apart Republicans on 9/11Health Bill

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Republicans Block Bill to Aid Small Business

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday rejected a bill to aid small businesses with expanded loan programs and tax breaks, in a procedural blockade that underscored how fiercely determined the party’s leaders are to deny Democrats any further legislative accomplishments ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Read more – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/politics/30cong.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Supreme Court fallout: Coal industry to go after Democrats

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/27/98240/supreme-court-fallout-coal-industry.html#none#ixzz0v1vJRLKC

Senate Republicans Block Campaign Ad Disclosure Bill

The Great Decoupling of Corporate Profits From Jobs

Second-quarter earnings reports are coming in, and they’re making Wall Street smile. Corporate profits are up. And big American companies are sitting on a gigantic pile of money.
So with all this money and profit, they’ll start hiring again, right? Wrong – for three reasons.

Read more of this article by Robert Reich – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-great-decoupling-of-c_b_660048.html

Enough right-wing propaganda!

   The mainstream media and the Obama administration must stop cowering before a right wing that has persistently forced its propaganda to be accepted as news by convincing traditional journalists that “fairness” requires treating extremist rants as “one side of the story.” And there can be no more shilly-shallying about the fact that racial backlash politics is becoming an important component of the campaign against President Obama and against progressives in this year’s election.

Read more of this E.J. Dionne article in the Washington post at – http://bit.ly/aAhtWF

Steve Goss, N.C. Senator, 45th District

My overarching mission is to work full time to address the challenges of economic development and job creation in the region. As the unemployment rate has reached historic levels, there is no issue more important. Therefore, my efforts will be unceasingly to find ways to build the conditions for job creation in our region. For a detailed statement of my thinking regarding the coming legislative term and how I will approach it see “Goss Will Run for Third Term” to your left on this page.

Find out more about Steve – http://www.senatorstevegoss.com/

Chris Bowman, Sheriff of Alexander County

I have served Alexander County for more than 30 years. I began with the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office in 1979 and since that time I have served as a Patrol Deputy, Patrol Sergeant, Detective, Chief Detective, Chief Deputy & currently Sheriff.

Find out more about Chris – http://chrisbowman4sheriff.com

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