Carolyn Maloney

Redefining "Disability" for the Benefit of Workers.

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Donna Dolan, The Mobility Agenda, New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition, Drum Major Institute, Disability, Temporary Disability Insurance, Sara Flocks, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act, Carolyn Maloney, Healthy Families Act, Working Family Time to Care Act, Sick Days, Business News
Arlene M. Roberts

The arrival of a newborn is usually joyous. But the mood is often tempered by the reality of time off from work. Paid family leave is the logical solution, but logic does not always prevail in legislative chambers.

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Dems Push Consumer-Friendly Credit Card Bill

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 04.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, Credit Cards, Credit Card Industry, Carolyn Maloney, Business News

Congressional lawmakers of both parties have found something to agree on: The credit card industry, they say, has evolved beyond the scope of regulati...

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A Warning to Our Superdelegates

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, Corruption, Al Gore, House of Representatives, Ben Cardin, Martin O'Malley, Emanuel Cleaver II, Tammy Baldwin, Maria Cantwell, John Lewis, Barney Frank, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Gregory Meeks, Eliot Spitzer, Niki Tsongas, Lois Capps, Pete Stark, New Mexico, New Jersey, Dennis Kucinich, Doris Matsui, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Carl Levin, Barbara Mikulski, North Carolina, Daniel Inouye, African-American Issues, Alcee Hastings, Ed Towns, Daniel Akaka, Edward Markey, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Massachusetts, Congress, Joe Biden, Kendrick Meek, Democratic National Committee, Frank Lautenberg, Ted Kulongoski, John Baldacci, Geraldine Ferraro, Maxine Waters, Jim McDermott, Sheila Jackson Lee, Susan Davis, Hilda Solis, Davide Paterson, Michigan, Jimmy Carter, Brad Sherman, Hillary Clinton, Mazie Hirono, Dnc, Jim Clyburn, Senate, Hawaii, Barbara Boxer, Sam Farr, Sherrod Brown, Jesse Helms, New York State, Maryland, Washington, Tom Harkin, Mel Watt, Tom Allen, Howard Berman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Laura Richardson, Yvette Clarke, California, Democratic Primary, Maurice Hinchey, Nydia Velazquez, Maine, Superdelegates, Lynn Woolsey, Norm Dicks, Mike Honda, Rhode Island, New York Governor, Diane DeGette, Ron Wyden, John Tierney, Florida, Donald Payne, Patty Murray, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Jose Serrano, Corrine Brown, Loretta Sanchez, Texas, Henry Waxman, 2008 Election, Bill Richardson, New York City, Bob Filner, Carolyn Maloney, Iraq War, Jon Corzine, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Governors, Wisconsin, Jerry Nadler, Iowa, Georgia, Diane Watson, Louise Slaughter, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

It is increasingly unseemly for superdelegates to stand by as the Clinton campaign resorts to techniques that would have made Jesse Helms blush 20 years ago.

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Credit Cardholders' Overdue Bill of Rights

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Overdue Bill of Rights, Adam Levitin, Credit Cardholders, Credit Slips, Carolyn Maloney, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Credit Crunch, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Credit Slips says that Rep. Carolyn Maloney's bill -- credit cardholders bill of rights -- is the most important credit card legislation in 40 years.

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Betrayed

Sherman Yellen | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11 Firefighters, 9/11, 9/11 Workers Health Care, Carolyn Maloney, Wtc, Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Administration, 9/11 First Responders, Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani 9/11, Christine Todd Whitman 9/11, John McNamarra, World Trade Center, 9/11 Workers, Christine Todd Whitman, Bush Administration 9/11, Health Care, Twin Towers, Ground Zero, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

There is no godly reason why men such as my nephew John, who worked as a first responder at the World Trade Center site, have to fight the government for proper medical care.

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Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Cardholder, Bill of Rights, Carolyn Maloney, Credit Card Reform, Debt, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Cards, Credit Card Debt, Personal Debt, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Rep. Carolyn Maloney describes her bill as "comprehensive credit card reform legislation" that ends "abuses that unfairly hurt consumers."

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Why Estimates of the Cost of the War in Iraq Have Been Rising

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Michael O'Hanlon, Cost, Iraq War, Pentagon, William Nordhaus, Joseph Stiglitz, Ron Paul, Lawrence Lindsey, Linda Bilmes, Chuck Schumer, Carolyn Maloney, Joint Economic Committee, Brookings, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars so far (2002-2008) is estimated at $1.6 trillion. Based on projections through 2017, the cost is $3.5 trillion.

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