Yesterday the Ohio Senate passed SB5, a bill to strip public employees of their basic right to collectively bargain. This was after some very dirty tricks by the Senate GOP, including booting two GOP members off the committee because they opposed the bill. What isn’t getting much attention is one little provision hidden in the […]
From Bloomberg: The top-ranking U.S. official in charge of ensuring the safety of offshore oil rigs resigned four weeks after the Gulf of Mexico disaster that killed 11 workers, sank a $365 million vessel and triggered leaks that have gushed millions of gallons of crude into the sea. Chris Oynes, associate director of the offshore […]
An interesting tweet, however actions speak louder than words (or 140 characters or less). On Saturday Roy Blunt voted against healthcare reform, yet last year over 2,200 veterans without healthcare died in our nation. How does Roy consider that a way of honoring them? [congress]B000575[/congress]