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GOP Warned On Balanced Budget Pledge Leading deficit hawk warns GOP balanced budget in 10 years means unrealistic cuts. Politico: "'It will be about $5.5 trillion to get us to balance in 10 years,' Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
Tom Cotton Should Watch More 'Schoolhouse Rock'
If Sen. Cotton fully understood the U.S. Constitution, he would know that he needs 67 Senate votes if he's going to act like he can override a presidential veto. And his letter only has 47 signatures.
Thousands Today Say #WeRise To Reclaim Government For The People
Local and national progressive organizations coordinated dozens of actions in 16 states today as part of "We Rise: National Day of Action to Put People and Planet First."
Over 100 Legal Scholars Warn About TPP Dangers
While the Trans-Pacific Partnership is still secret, leaks and precedent indicate that it will contain provisions allowing giant, multinational corporations to bypass our country’s legal system.
Krugman Gives the TPP a "Thumbs Down"
Krugman takes on the old trope that “protectionism” — democracies using tariffs to protect wages and regulations from being undermined by the lower costs that a thugocracy offers — harms the world’s economy.
A Trade Campaign Built On Four Pinocchios
A new PR campaign in support of Trade Promotion Authority a.k.a. “Fast Track” and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is launching. As its foundation are a set of misleading (at best) claims beginning with a Four-Pinocchio whopper.
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Union Full-Court Press Against Fast-Track AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka leads charge against fast-track. USA Today: "'We are going all out to oppose it: phone banks, leaf letting, door knocks in various congressional districts and Senate states in informing the general...
Will Social Security Decide Maryland's Senate Race?
It comes down to this question: Are these Democrats committed to ensuring that retired working people can live in dignity and financial security? That's become a litmus test for their commitment to the American majority.
Republicans Ignore the Message of Selma
Despite rumors that House Republican leadership would skip the 50th anniversary of Selma, several Republicans showed up, but missed the point so completely that they might as well have stayed at home.
Medicare Controls Costs While Private Insurers Sit Idly By (Part 1)
We hear a lot of talk from the health insurance industry about how hard it works to hold down health care costs, but that claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. The hard work is really being done by Uncle Sam.
