The Week in Review: Putting an emphasis on economic inequality - TopicsExpress



          

The Week in Review: Putting an emphasis on economic inequality in America, President Obama used Tuesday’s State of the Union address to announce that he would act without Congress to raise the minimum wage for workers employed by companies awarded federal contracts. Sen. Bernie Sanders and 14 other senators had urged Obama to do just that. Sanders on Saturday hosted a town meeting in Montpelier, Vt., on how the National Security Agency and corporations are undermining Americans’ privacy rights. And Friday’s big news for big oil was that a State Department environmental impact study found no reason to prevent construction of the tar sands oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Sanders urged Obama to block the pipeline project. Continue reading The Week in Review: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/the-week-in-review-013114
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:06:07 +0000

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