Breaking Down The Budget Deal

— by CAP Action War Room The Omnibus Spending Bill And Tax Extenders Package Contain Significant Progressive Accomplishments After weeks of negotiations, congressional leaders and the White House have agreed to a spending deal to fund the government through 2016. The omnibus

An Overdue Fix to Overtime

Businesses are blurring the distinction between hourly and salaried employees in order to bolster their bottom-line profits. — by Richard Kirsch There are a lot of ways that businesses are squeezing worker pay. Here’s a big one. On the one hand, millions

Everything You Need To Know About The ‘Nuclear Option’ And Harry Reid’s Plan To Fix The Senate

By Ian Millhiser On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took the first step to invoking the so-called “nuclear option,” a Senate procedure that will allow a majority of the Senate to effectively change its rules to limit widespread obstructionism by