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Washington’s Smallest Wall Street Regulator Promises JPMorgan Reform
As Congress conducts hearings about JPMorgan Chase’s multibillion-dollar trading fiasco, the Mighty Mouse of Washington regulators, namely the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), promises real...
View ArticleIrresponsible Labor HHS Appropriations Bill Puts Corporate Interests Before...
by Keith Wrightson On Wednesday, the House Labor, Health and Human Services subcommittee on appropriations passed a funding bill which hinders the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and...
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A Lesson From The Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index
What do Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Switzerland have in common? They are four of the top five ranked countries in the conservative Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Index of Economic Freedom. The...
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Let Wall Street regulate itself? No way!
Last week, a bipartisan group of senators were hastily pushing a bill that could significantly weaken efforts to keep Wall Street’s greed from causing another financial crash. Dubbed the Independent...
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Progress Waddles Forward: Risks and Opportunities in the Lame Duck Session
Flickr photo by D H Wright Taken literally, the term “lame duck” refers to an injured duck that is unable to keep up with its flock. On Tuesday, November 13, the month-long “lame duck” session of the...
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A Man, a Plan, a Canard
House Republicans claim that banks’ efforts to comply with Wall-Street-reform paperwork will require more labor than it took to dig the Panama Canal. They’re way wrong. Wall Street’s Washington...
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President Obama signs whistleblower protection bill into law
All-too-often, federal workers who call out corruption in their workplace have been marginalized, penalized and even fired after drawing attention to corporate cronyism and other shady practices. But,...
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Re-authorizing ethics office could improve public perception of Congress
Most Americans think members of Congress are dishonest and unethical. That’s the takeaway from a recent Gallup poll, which shows that the public ranks congressional representatives abysmally low in...
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Seven questions for seven bills (or, derivatives for dummies)
This month, a House subcommittee and possibly the entire House will consider a passel of bills to repeal several reforms that Congress approved in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. Sponsors...
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Shame on Congress for repealing major provision of STOCK Act; Obama should veto
In a knee-jerk reaction to concerns that too many people may be required to disclose personal financial data, Congress quickly and quietly approved legislation over the past 24 hours to repeal major...
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Make this the summer democracy wins
By Darci Kovacs In order to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Public Citizen is pushing for a constitutional amendment to limit spending...
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House Climate Hearing a Farce; GOP Should Support Clean Air, Cost Savings for...
Statement of David Arkush, Managing Director of Public Citizen’s Climate Program Today, the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology holds a hearing to criticize the U.S. Environmental...
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Dangerous Antibiotics for the 21st Century
No one can dispute that multidrug-resistant “superbugs” are a key public health concern for the 21st century. Better, safe and effective cures are needed. But the 21st Century Cures Act, legislation...
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Pharma (contribution) Addicts in Congress
By Anisha Sehgal During election season, Americans across the country hear politicians make grand statements on how they will look out for the good, hard-working people of their state and push for...
View ArticleAn Important Remedy to Pharma’s Exorbitant Pricing
By Will Neer and Anisha Sehgal Imagine being diagnosed with a life threatening illness. The immediate reactions of shock and panic may also be mixed with relief once your doctor informs you that there...
View ArticlePharma Funding Among Patients’ Groups
By Anisha Sehgal Both consumers and healthcare payers are struggling with the rising price of drugs. Unless meaningful reforms are enacted, this problem will only get larger and patients will continue...
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