Rep. Jesse Jackson called the bill “a tremendous improvement over the legislation proposed by the Bush Administration last week,” but he voted against it because he said “it still falls short of what is needed to shore up the economy, protect taxpayers and promote economic growth.”
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Breaking News! Supreme Court Delays Troy Davis Execution!
The US Supreme court has issued a last-minute reprieve to Troy Davis!
Historic 2008 Election Could See Unprecedented Attempts to Bar African American Voters
In the latest issue of the New York Review of Books, Hacker writes, “Obstacles to getting blacks to vote have always been formidable, but this year there will be barriers—some new, some long-standing—that previous campaigns have not had to face.†[includes rush transcript]
via Democracy Now!