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The Republican Budget Is Madness
Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure the American people didn't vote last November for fewer jobs, teachers and cops and more sickness, pollution and hunger. In fact, I'm sure the crazy one in this story is the House Republican caucus, which late Friday night proposed,...
Jobs No Narrow Rape Definition Yes
The new Congress was elected by promising things to voters, but now in office they are doing different things. It is as if they said what they needed to say to get votes, but had a plan to do something else all along. The big question on everyone's mind: where is the...
The Depressing Phony War in Washington
There were three of us on Warren Olney’s "To the Point" public radio program, one of the more enlightened shows on NPR. But the program, addressing the coming debate on spending cuts, quickly descended into Beltway babble. Stephen Moore, the gleeful right-wing...
Finding the Good in the Good Old Days
It’s federal budget time, and they’re talking 1950s on Capitol Hill. Well, sometimes we can move forward by turning the political clock back. But we have to know exactly where to stop. Last week, in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, President Obama pledged...
House GOP Heralds The Salmonella Protection Act Of 2011
Today, the House is expected to approve a Republican resolution that would effectively cut all federal government "non-security" spending by nearly 20%. Their political objective is contrast Republican budget slashing to the President's support of a "spending binge" –...
Axelrod Were Gonna Have A Good Ol Fashioned Budget Battle
No, that headline is not a quote from White House political adviser David Axelrod during yesterday's blogger roundtable which I was fortunate to attend. But you tell me how else to interpret this: DAVID AXELROD: Well, we have an obligation to put a budget forward, and...
Governor Mayor Speak Out Against Job-Killing Budget Cuts
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter are having some success in creating jobs for their residents in a tough economic climate. And Republicans in Congress are working to take away the tools they are using to put people to work. Both...
Conservative Cuts Have Consequences
Whatever you may think of him, you've got to give Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) credit. He said he would present his own budget, and now he's done it. He's even taken to the pages of The Wall Street Journal to defend it, and challenge Republicans and Democrats to: find other...
Cold-Blooded Grandma Souljah Felon-Friendly Cuts And Other Austerity Horrors
Slasher-Movie Economics A vicious, savage, axe-wielding killer stalks the political landscape, yearning to draw blood, slash victims, and amputate limbs. That's not my description of austerity economics - that's how its fans talk about it. "Austerity" is defined as...
GOP Leaders Cave Cut Deeper Kill Jobs Move Closer To Government Shutdown
Yesterday, House Republican leaders tried to tamp down a conservative revolt within the caucus, explaining that to support deeper cuts than initially proposed would mean destroying jobs. NYT reported: [House Appropriations Char Hal] Rogers and other Republicans warned...
