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Explanation is Eloquence: What The State Of the Union Should Say
President Obama faces a skeptical people as he prepares his State of the Union address, most of whom are convinced the country is on the wrong track. He must show them once more he is on their side.
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Unemployment Insurance Battle Rejoined Dems renew push for jobless aid. The Hill: "Democrats will hold a national conference call Friday to highlight that the number of people who have lost unemployment benefits has reached 1.6 million ... Democratic lawmakers plan to...
They're Fast-Tracking the Future, TPP Style – But We Can Stop Them
This could become the model for a new and profoundly subversive model of governance, in which elected government becomes little more than an afterthought to corporate-backed deal-making. But the fight isn't over.
When Huckabee Supported Government-Mandated Birth Control Coverage
Nine years ago, Huckabee thought that the government should ensure that everyone had access to contraception. Then Barack Obama became President. Meet the new Uncle Sugar, same as the old Uncle Sugar.
Getting Trade Right Instead of Fast
Here's what President Obama should say about fast-track authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the State of the Union: I’m dropping my request that Congress give me fast track authority. I’d rather get it right than get it fast.
Is Debt Limit The Next Republican Economic Sabotage?
The threat alone does damage. And they know that. And then they make the threat that does the damage. At what point does it become clear that harming the economy is the idea?
Sabotage In Plain Sight
Conservatives are pushing back at the charge they are sabotaging Obamacare. They insist it's just imploding all on its own (despite the fact that it actually isn't.) But in one case, they're just admitting it right up front.
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Inequality To Be Spotlighted In SOTU Inequality, minimum wage to be Obama's focus in SOTU. The Hill: "A president who has yet to add to the big legislative accomplishments of his first term will call for raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour and extending federal...
Will The GOP Get Away With Its Economic Sabotage?
Republicans smell an election opportunity – but only if they can keep the economy down, jobs down and wages down. Republicans are betting that voters will blame the "party in power," which means the party of the president.
White House's Fast Track Push Facing Serious Opposition
The White House is pushing hard for "fast track" trade promotion authority, to help push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other upcoming "trade" agreements. Fortunately few Democrats are falling for this.
