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A Four-Point "Scorecard" for the Budget Talks
The House-Senate budget negotiations are scheduled to begin on Wednesday. How will we know whether they are looking out for the public’s interests?
This four-point document is an excellent place to start.
Softening The Sequester
It is a bit worrying that the White House has to explain virtually every day now that just because it sounds like White House officials and the president are putting entitlements on the chopping block doesn't mean they really are doing it.
Why Should I Care What Marco Rubio Thinks About Immigration?
We scrutinized Rubio's hemming and hawing the last time around on the presumption that he had the singular power to shape Sen legislation and attract conservative support. But the final bill blew up that notion. Why give him the time of day now?
Is Manufacturing Dirty?
Did you think manufacturing was old-fashioned, dirty and low-skilled? Have you noticed how when you see a factory in a TV show it's an old, burnt-down building with broken windows?
Progressive Breakfast
Budget Talks Set To Begin Budget talks formally begin Wednesday. Time previews: "Democrats will push for increased revenue from closing tax loopholes. Democratic congressional staffers point to a few notorious tax exemptions for corporate jets and the oil and gas...
The Budget Debate: Core Principles and Common Sense
There they go again. Another manufactured crisis. Another budget deal. More posturing on core principles. More consensus on austerity. Here's how common sense gets lost in the fog.
Why CEOs Aren't Celebrating $100-Million Paychecks
America's top execs don't have the time to celebrate. They're too busy waging a corporate holy war against what may be the most promising check yet on executive pay excess.
7 Reasons to Take 7 Seconds to Save Social Security and Medicare
A broad coalition of organizations, including the Campaign for America’s Future and Social Security Works, is joining Sen. Bernie Sanders in a petition to resist cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. It only takes a few moments to sign.
McOutrage: Poverty Wages For Workers, Corporate Jet for Execs
McDonald's, with $1.5 billion in corporate profits, says it can't afford to give raises to its workers, but it can afford to buy a new corporate jet. Tell McDonald's to ground the jet and pay its workers a living wage.
Why Immigration Reform May Blossom In The Spring
Politico headlined today that "House GOP plans no immigration vote in 2013". However, the story itself is more equivocal, noting that "the dynamics could change. Some, including Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), are eager to pass something before the end of the...
