Tag: Congress

52% of Americans are working class, compared to just 2% of people in Congress – Dan Osborn wants to buck that trend. Two years ago…

We sat down with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  to talk about Trump, child labor, and the worker uprisings sweeping the country. “I think labor movements are…

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Heading into a re-election contest next year, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to position himself as…

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge During her two years as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan has racked up many critics…

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Bundled into the agreement between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the debt ceiling…

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Every two years, many former members of Congress who lose their re-elections or retire move into lucrative jobs…

An unlikely coalition of Republicans and Democrats are taking on railroad companies’ greed. Recently, following a disastrous crash in East Palestine, OH, there has been…

By David Moore and Donald Shaw, Sludge Days before Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were swiftly shut down by regulators and the Federal Deposit…

By David Moore, Sludge Update, Mar. 15: One of the largest U.S. railroad companies, BNSF, contributed $2,500 from its PAC to Republican Rep. Sam Graves…

Video Narrated by Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works Republicans are ready to wreck the U.S. economy unless President Biden agrees to devastating…

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx has been a prominent critic of the Biden administration’s overturning of a…

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has a difficult fight on his hands to win the 218 votes needed to become the next Speaker of…