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ALEC’s Extreme Legislative Agenda for 2014
The American Legislative Exchange Council meets in Washington, DC this week for its “States and Nation Policy Summit,” which is one of the ways ALEC crafts and pushes its …

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Privatization and the Affordable Care Act
The roots of the Affordable Care Act web site failures may start in the Reagan Administration's fixation with contracting out federal services.

Senate Majority Invokes “Democracy Option“
A change in filibuster rule restores the possibility of a functioning Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government.

McDonald’s, Hollande and Future Government
With the undermining of the traditional trust-based brand, economic theory predicted two things would happen.

Drone Strike Victims Find Support From Activists, Silence from Unapologetic US Leaders
A second drone briefing from victims at the US House of Representatives is also sparsely attended, but concerned citizens from around the world packed CODEPINK's Global Drone Summit in …

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Military Aid Gets A Partial Pass on Foreign Assistance Transparency Push
As congress continues its fight to demand transparency for foreign military aid a compromise has been drafted demanding stricter standards, but giving the US military the discretion to maintain …

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My Charmed Life in the Tax Wars
Scorse describes how one private citizen succeeded in effecting a major change in the law for capital gains reporting.

How a Shadowy Network of Corporate Front Groups Distorts the Marketplace of Ideas
Moyers & Company caught up with Lisa Graves, CMDu2019s executive director, to discuss the report.

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WikiLeaks and the Drone Strike Transparency Bill
The US Senate Intelligence Committee recently took an important step by passing an intelligence authorization that would require for the first time - if it becomes law - that …

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Health Reform’s Problems Run Deeper Than a Glitchy Website
The causes of the websiteu2019s problems are far more serious than poor software design. They are baked into the law by its extreme complexity.