by Richard Eskow | Jan 25, 2013 | Chained CPI
Here's a "Washington insider" story that could affect every family in the country. Congressional newspaper The Hill reported Wednesday that Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., was considering using a special parliamentary maneuver to push a budget deal. But this wasn't just...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 24, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
A report in The Hill newspaper last night suggested that Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) may be floating a proposal that includes cuts to Social Security and Medicare. If Sen. Schumer's proposal was accurately reported, the senator could not be more wrong. Just as...
by Digby | Jan 24, 2013 | Blog
Following up on David's post below, here's the deal: Progressive senators working to dramatically alter Senate rules were defeated on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), set to...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 24, 2013 | Blog
When Republicans get going on with their crazy, Democrats are learning to just say, "Please proceed." The public takes care of the rest. This month Republicans again threatened -- in public, no less! -- to force the United States into default and crash the economy if...
by Bill Scher | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Did Obama Pivot On Education? OurFuture.org's Jeff Bryant: "It was hard for a progressive not to get a chocolate high from President Obama’s inauguration speech ... But hardly anyone in the education community had anything notable to say about it...
