Business Roundtable

It's the Poverty, Stupid, Not Pre-K Skills

Susan Ohanian | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Business Roundtable, US Department of Education, Food Stamps, Arne Duncan, Poverty, Healthy, Congress, Dental Caries, Skills, Neo-Liberal, Pre-K, Politics News
Susan Ohanian

Agitating for Pre-K legislation is a smokescreen, pretending that a lack of skills is the problem when the real problem is poverty.

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A Real Employee Free Choice Act

Wall Street Journal | Matt Miller | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Roundtable, Health Care Reform, Employee Free Choice Act, Chamber of Commerce, Health Care, Business News

As health reform legislation hurtles toward its finale, corporate America has rushed to the barricades to make sure that big business remains at the h...

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Cigna CEO Hanway: Obstacle to Health Insurance Reform

Peter Dreier | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Business Roundtable, Edward Hanway, Health Care for America Now, Cigna, Lobbying, Hcan, Health Care Reform, Natalin Sarkisyan, Wendell Potter, America's Health Insurance Plans, Health Insurance Reform, Campaign Contributions, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Natalin Sarkisyan was a 17-year-old from Glendale, Calif., who had leukemia and needed a liver transplant. Cigna said the procedure was "too risky." In December 2007, Sarkisyan died.

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Health Care Reform: What Works for Business Is to Keep Working

John J. Castellani | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Roundtable, G-5, Health IT, American Workforce, Health Care Value Comparability Study, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Business News
John J. Castellani

This is not the time for policymakers and business leaders to disengage and take potshots -- be they from the right or the left. Now is the time for negotiation and compromise to secure reform.

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To Survive, Americans Must Assert Themselves as Economic Patriots

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Year End Bonuses, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, $700 Billion Bailout, United States Council for International Business, Congress, Corporate Jet, Business Roundtable, “Buy America”, Infrastructure, Unemployment, Wall Street, Bernie Madoff, Stimulus Package, Government Accountability Office, Economy, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

To survive this economic catastrophe, Americans must stand up to the likes of the Chamber and the Roundtable and call them out for being economic traitors to the United States of America.

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Good Grief! Charlie Brown and the Business Roundtable's Health Plan

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Business Roundtable, Charlie Brown, Elizabeth Edwards Health Care, Peanuts Comic Strip, Health Insurance, John McCain 2008, Health, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Remember when Charlie Brown would run up to the ball and Lucy would pull it away? That's kind of what the Business Roundtable did this week in its health reform proposal.

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John McCain's New Populism?

Diane Francis | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Greed, Wall Street Bonuses, John McCain, CEO Pay, Wall Street Regulations, Excess CEO Compensation, Lobbyists, CEO Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Corporate Power, Shareholder Value, Shareholder Democracy, Barack Obama, Tax Cuts Fo Rthe Rich, Business Roundtable, Boards of Directors, Profits, Corporate America, Economic Reform, Tax Cuts, Business News
Diane Francis

McCain can "pledge" to reform Wall Street business practices all he wants, but he hasn't walked the walk in the Senate in past years, nor has his party ever done so.

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