Brett LoGiurato — Paul Ryan Is About To Become The Most Powerful Member Of The House Of Representatives

How's that? Chair of the Ways and Means Committee. The guy that handles the money.

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Paul Ryan Is About To Become The Most Powerful Member Of The House Of Representatives
Brett LoGiurato

House Democrats pen letter to Janet Yellen urging focus on Full Employment

The Congressional Full Employment Caucus today sent a letter to Yellen urging her to focus on full employment. Good intentions, terrible conclusions. Its so close, but sooo far: 

"The undersigned members and the Congressional Full Employment Caucus are committed to advocating for strong fiscal policy to put Americans back to work. However, we recognize that, especially given current political realities, monetary policy remains an essential vehicle for reducing unemployment. It is our hope that in addition to continued expansionary monetary policy, the Federal Reserve will explore options beyond QE to boost the economy as directly as possible."

UGH!

I called Rep Sandy Levin's office to oppose his position on the Trans Pacific Partnership

Congressman Sandy Levin (D-MI) is the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee and he's also the HouseDemocrats' most senior trade committee member. Well it looks like Levin may be about to support the horrible, Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. This trade deal is a massive corporate godsend that exempts large transnational corporate entities from all kinds of domestic rules, regulations, environmental protections, labor laws, etc. 

Here is an article on the proposed deal. 

It's bad enough that the Republicans are trying to fast track this, but now Levin, a Democrat, is getting on board as well.

I called Representative Levin's office and told an aide that I was opposed to the Congressman's position on TPP. This deal is not good for Americans and he should oppose it.

Here is Levin's district phone number. Call him and tell him you are against TPP and he should not support it!

Call Rep. Levin's District Office: (586) 498-7122

Here's a sample script I got from the Firedoglake website:

Hello, my name is __{name}__ and I'm calling today to ask that Rep. Levin oppose granting the president Fast-Track trade authority ahead of the final negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
As the ranking member on the Ways and Means committee, Rep. Levin has significant influence over his fellow Democrats on matters of trade. In the past he's used his influence to help push through disastrous trade agreements. If Rep. Levin doesn't want his legacy to be one of selling out American workers he'll oppose Fast Track trade authority for the TPP.
Can I count on Rep. Levin to oppose Fast Track?

Call now!