Founder, Economic Policy Institute
Past President and Founder of the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think-tank based in Washington, DC; author of The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - and What It Will Take to Win It Back
NAFTA Returns to the Campaign Trail When President Clinton successfully pushed NAFTA through Congress on a bi-partisan vote in his first year in office, who could have imagined it would be a presidential campaign issue 15 years later, and that his wife would be campaigning against it? Jeff Faux, founder of the Economic Policy Institute , is author of The Global Class War : How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - and What It Will Take to Win It Back.
Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.