Our newly inaugurated president has vowed to repeal 75 percent of all federal regulations, you know those regulations that protect our air, water, food we eat, drugs we take, etc. As a first step, he release an Executive Edict mandating that federal agencies shall repeal
Concerns are rising that Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are preparing to revoke a suite of Obama-era executive orders that have provided basic protections for U.S. workers. These executive orders raise wages, improve worker safety, and help ensure that taxpayer dollars
So, now that the 115th Congress is in session and we have a new president, is this letter and its expectations to investigate Russian interference in our election now dead and buried? Looks to me like it has become a partisan issue
House Committee also voted to abolish public financing for presidential elections — by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at Common Dreams Amid national outrage over possible foreign interference in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s own lies about so-called voter fraud, House Republicans on
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Obamacare enrollments fell short of expectations—the latest example of the law’s failure to deliver on its promises. That’s why Republicans are acting with urgency to repeal Obamacare and replace it
Remember Hobby Lobby? Republicans should have been more careful in what they wished for. — by Ian Millhiser, Justice Editor at ThinkProgress Saturday night, lawyers representing President Donald Trump filed an emergency motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
‘The Wall Street bankers against whom Trump ran are making policy now,’ says Public Citizen — by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer at Common Dreams President Donald Trump is handing the U.S. economy “back over to Wall Street” on Friday, with a regulatory
The American Public is fortunate to own millions of acres of incredible public lands, many of which are overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). We all have a say in how these lands are managed through the ability to participate in
Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) signed H.J. Res. 38, a joint resolution disapproving the Department of Interior’s stream protection rule under the Congressional Review Act. The House passed this CRA on Wednesday and the Senate followed suit on Thursday. Speaker Ryan
