US Politics
Congressional Budget Office projection
Democratic health bill would leave 37 million uninsured in 2019
By Kate Randall, June 17, 2009
A Congressional Budget Office report estimates that health care legislation being drafted by a Democratic Senate committee would leave 36 million Americans uninsured, while costing $1 trillion over 10...
US Supreme Court refuses to take up case of the “Cuban 5”
By Bill Van Auken, June 17, 2009
The refusal of the US Supreme Court to review the case of five Cubans jailed for over ten years on espionage charges lets stand an act of state persecution that exposes the fraud of Washington’s so-...
The Nation magazine and the Iranian election
By Joe Kishore, June 16, 2009
The Nation magazine, the voice of left-liberal supporters of Obama, has quickly weighed in to support charges of vote-rigging and a “coup d’état” in Iran.
Obama calls for cuts in Medicare and Medicaid
By Jerry White, June 16, 2009
Over the weekend, President Barack Obama called for cuts in funding for Medicare and Medicaid, the federal health insurance programs for the elderly and the poor, including the elimination of subsidie...
Obama smoothes passage of war spending bill by pledging to suppress torture photos
By Tom Eley, June 15, 2009
House and Senate negotiators Friday reached agreement on a $106 billion bill funding the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan through September after President Obama vowed to continue suppressing...
New York billionaire engineers legislative “coup”
By Peter Daniels, June 13, 2009
A billionaire businessman from upstate New York, disgruntled over a minor tax increase, has orchestrated a political “coup” in the state Senate in Albany, transferring power from the Democratic ma...
While workers’ wages fall
Obama administration rejects limits on bankers’ pay
By Patrick Martin, June 11, 2009
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it opposed any government-imposed limits on the salary and bonuses of the CEOs and other top officials of major banks that have received trillions of ...
White House had long planned GM and Chrysler bankruptcies
By Jerry White, June 9, 2009
While the Obama administration publicly claimed it was seeking to avoid bankruptcy filings by Chrysler and General Motors, behind the scenes the White House was determined to throw the two Detroit aut...
Obama chooses private profit over healthcare needs
By Patrick Martin, June 8, 2009
The Obama administration has launched a campaign for a healthcare plan that seeks to reduce the cost to American corporations of providing insurance, while offering little to the 47 million people now...
Obama in Cairo: a new face for imperialism
By Patrick Martin, June 5, 2009
Obama’s speech represented a change in the rhetoric of US imperialism, but not the substance of its policy, as he defended the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the ongoing support for Israeli opp...
US Fed Chairman demands plan to cut social programs
By Barry Grey, June 4, 2009
Testifying Wednesday before the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke demanded that Congress and the Obama administration map out a program of a...
New York Mayor Bloomberg defends the Obamas’ night on the town
By Bill Van Auken, June 3, 2009
New York Mayor Bloomberg’s defense of the Obamas’ Saturday night on the town has exposed once again the class divide in America, which is nowhere starker than in New York City.
