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Obamacare cleared its second big legal hurdle in three years on Thursday, and Nancy Pelosi is overjoyed.
"So jubilant about this," Pelosi said at the beginning of her weekly press conference. "It's a victory for common sense and for all American families."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has another suggestion for a woman to go on the $10 bill: Frances Perkins.
Perkins was the first woman appointed to the President's Cabinet, serving as Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945 under President Franklin Roosevelt. During that time, she oversaw much of the New Deal and helped implement such landmark policies as the first minimum wage and overtime laws and the 40-hour workweek.
The U.S. Constitution clearly states, "The Congress shall have power to … regulate commerce with foreign nations." Congress has a responsibility to assert this right and forge consensus on trade and globalization.
In order to succeed in the global economy, it is necessary to move beyond stale arguments of protectionism vs. free trade.
To do so, we must recognize that workers' rights, consumer and intellectual protections, and environmental safeguards must be just as enforceable as the protection of the economic interests of investors.