Robert Reich Breaks Down the Fiscal Cliff

Check out this video from former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explaining the facts about the year-end “fiscal cliff” and what action Congress should take to keep moving America forward.

Thank You Five Reasons to Vote No on Voter Restriction End Polluter Welfare

Rep. Ellison on CNN’s “The Lead”

Rep. Ellison joins “The Lead” to debate whether Americans are trading liberty for security. Keith on privacy vs. security: “I think this is the time and location to say we are casting the net to widely. No American thinks we are going to have 100% privacy or 100% security. But we have got to strike the balance better than we have been and i think it is Congresses duty.”

Minnesota delegation split on support of surveillance programs

The controversy over the federal government’s effort to track terrorists through telephone records and Internet activities of its citizens is reigniting a national debate over the balancing act between national security and liberty.

USA Today Op-Ed: Focus on Jobs, Not the Deficit

To reduce the deficit, we need to stop doing so much deficit reduction. The most urgent issue facing Americans is the jobs crisis — not the deficit. Investment in good jobs is the key to a better economy, not furloughs for teachers, nurses and firefighters or ending programs that help working families.

Keith discusses NSA Surveillance and Syria on TPT

Watch Keith discussing NSA Surveillance programs, the US House’s debate over immigration policy and the USA’s future role in an unstable Syria on TPT’s Almanac

Congressman Ellison works to position himself as a leading economic voice on the left

Rep. Ellison gave up other committee assignments to sit on the powerful House Financial Services Committee and its Capital Markets Subcommittee. Rep. Ellison is schooling himself on economic matters for a reason. What he really wants is to lead a serious national economic movement with what he describes as a workable common-sense message for corporate America. If America will empower its rank-and-file workers with good jobs without regard to race or religion, he said, many other issues disappear.

Rep. Ellison on ABC’s “This Week”

Representative Ellison joins CNN’s “This Week” Roundtable discussion on NSA Surveillance programs. Tune in for Keith’s opinions on privacy vs. security, President Obama’s new appointee’s and the importance of reducing student loans.