by Stan Collender | Jan 23, 2013 | Blog
Given what happened in July 2011 when they decided to do the opposite (you remember the anything-but-super committee, right?), we should all be happy House Republicans have agreed that this time they won't hold hostage the increase in the federal debt ceiling the...
by Bill Scher | Jan 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: No More Hostage Taking OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across the...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 22, 2013 | The Sequester
Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across-the-board cuts required by the sequester and the threat to shut down the...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 22, 2013 | Blog
Four years ago, my husband and I opted to watch Barack Obama's inauguration from home. The very likely reality of spending most of the day outdoors, standing in the cold, with two very cold and very bored children, waiting for hours to end up not seeing very much...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 22, 2013 | Economy
The President gave a terrific speech. But if great speeches could heal our economic wounds, if they could repair the ever-increasing gap between the rich and the rest of us, if they could re-open the closing doors of opportunity for the young, the African-American,...
