MORNING MESSAGE
The
Washington Post on Saturday reported that Hillary Clinton has launched “an
intense press to stockpile campaign dollars in the final days of the quarter,
aiming to build a war chest big enough to eclipse what is expected to be a
healthy fundraising haul by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.” Say what? The
Clinton campaign is pressing to match Bernie’s grassroots fund-raising totals?
... Sanders may demonstrate that, in the new age of social media, it is possible
to raise enough money from small donations largely over the Web to be
competitive in a presidential race...
Could Shutdown Still Happen?
No
deal yet to keep government open. THe Hill: “‘No, I wish it were true,’
Pelosi said [on CNN]. ‘All we have agreed is that we have to honor the calendar
which says that on Sept. 30 the fiscal year ends and we have to have a
continuing resolution to take us forward as we prepare for the omnibus bill
which will take us through the next year.’ Boehner said in a separate interview
on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that there won’t be a government shutdown
because he expects the Senate will pass a continuing resolution to fund the
government next week, and that the House will likely take that up and pass
it.”
Far
right emboldened in House. The Hill: ” … in the medium and long-term, it
will almost certainly complicate life for President Obama and Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) … … the right is demanding significant
concessions from Obama on raising the debt limit later this year, and is
dismissing calls from members of both parties to break spending caps for defense
and non-defense programs.”
69
percent oppose shutdown over Planned Parenthood in Quinnipiac poll.
Politico: “Just 23 percent support closing the government over the dispute.
Even among Republicans, a majority of 56 percent to 36 percent opposes a
shutdown due to Planned Parenthood.”
Trump To Announce Tax Plan
Donald
Trump to release tax plan today. WSJ: “Donald Trump is set to release a tax
plan Monday that calls for major reductions in levies on middle-income and poor
payers, while increasing taxes on the wealthy … [Trump is] expected to call for
the poorest filers to pay no federal taxes at all while also recommending that
corporate levies be reduced.”
Hillary
Clinton campaign releases “A plan to raise American incomes”: “Hillary will
invest in infrastructure, clean energy, and scientific and medical research to
create jobs and strengthen our economy. And she’ll provide tax relief to working
families and small businesses.”
Banks Violating Mortgage Settlement
“Big
banks abusing 2012 settlement deal” reports Politico: “Interviews by
POLITICO with more than 20 housing counselors, Legal Aid lawyers and government
prosecutors … reveal that the nation’s top lenders are violating the settlement
and rules put in place last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …
In some cases, the problems … stem from ongoing disorganization … but some
homeowners and their representatives claim the issues are a deliberate attempt
to use foreclosure to resolve cases that have lingered for years.”
“Donald
Trump Proves What’s Wrong With Bankruptcy Laws in America” says Robert Reich in
Politico Magazine oped: “…these days, the only ones starting over are big
corporations, wealthy moguls and Wall Street bankers, who have had enough
political clout to shape bankruptcy laws (like many other laws) to their
needs.”
Breakfast Sides
Shell
gives up on Arctic drilling. NYT: “The decision came after the Burger J
well, which the company drilled this summer, produced disappointing results …
Shell said that the decision reflected not only the disappointing results from
the well but ‘the high costs associated with the project and the challenging and
unpredictable federal regulatory environment in offshore Alaska.'”
Union
popularity up. Bloomberg: “[Scott Walker’s] His decision came a month after
a Gallup Poll found that support for unions jumped 5 percentage points in the
past year to its highest level nationwide since 2008 … workers at an Alabama
truck-parts factory voted 2-to-1 to join the United Automobile Workers after
years of organizing failures … In Missouri, Republican legislators on Sept. 16
fell a dozen votes short of overturning Democratic Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of
a right-to-work bill.”
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