Public health officials say the H1N1 flu pandemic is exacerbated by employees going into work sick because they don't get paid time off. But a represe...
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
There's an old saying in business that sometimes you have to go slow to go fast; in other words, you have to build the infrastructure of support in order to create profound change.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
As an Alaskan who has trapped and hunted, the aerial killing of animals is to hunting what hiring a hooker is to dating. A sure thing, with no work. No wonder it appealed to former governor Palin.
Rep. George Miller | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
Unlike tax cuts for the wealthy, a higher minimum wage increases consumer spending on local businesses, which is good for everyone.
Rep. Steny Hoyer | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
The idea behind PAYGO is simple: our country, like any family struggling with deep credit card debt, must start paying for what it buys.
Garrett Johnson | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business
Representative George Miller is waging a lonely war against powerful enemies. He's trying to reform the 401(k) system, a system that most on Wall Street don't want reformed.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
The Democratic Party showed on Friday what it's capable of when led by the majority of its members rather than its conservative wing. In stark contras...
Rep. George Miller | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
We must and we will continue to move forward. If there is one thing that is 'off of the table' it is saying 'no' to health care reform.
Aaron Keyak | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics
Even when it was not politically popular, Bert Coffey held fast to his ideal of a society in which equal opportunity truly existed.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
At a long-awaited House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, health care professionals made it clear that they believe a single-payer system to be the b...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
A bipartisan group of agitating members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Currently eight states...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business
An undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office lowers the boom on the Department of Labor for failing to protect workers. The GAO...
Michael Carmichael | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
According to astute observers -- there is a new trend in Congress in favor of a more even-handed approach to foreign policy. The bipartisan group, Co...
Rep. George Miller | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Our nation's workers demand a Labor Secretary who understands the everyday struggles Americans are facing. Hilda Solis is the right person for the job.
Dan Brown | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
Weingarten's speech was an impassioned call to spare the hatchet -- or scalpel -- in federal funding for education.
Rep. George Miller | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
With our country facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and our global leadership at risk, a focus on strengthening the middle class is more important than ever.
Rep. George Miller | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
Unlike Wall Street executives, American families don't have a golden parachute to fall back on. It's clear that their retirement security may be one of the greatest casualties of this financial crisis.
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics