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Republicans Have No Endgame House Republicans continue gimmick bills. AP: "On Thursday, Republicans planned to continue pursuing their latest strategy: muscling bills through the House that would restart some popular programs. Votes were on tap for restoring funds for...
The GOP’s Shutdown Tab: One Billion Dollars and Counting
Forty million dollars an hour. A third of a billion every day. $1.6 billion every week. That’s a conservative estimate of the shutdown's cost. If there’s one thing Republicans know how to do, it’s run a tab.
A New Website Had A Glitch! Shut Down the Government!
Shut down the government because you don’t like a law that lets people with pre-existing conditions purchase health insurance? Because of a law that insurance companies have to stop coming up with reasons not to pay for care when people get sick?
Disease Control And Prevention Is Shut Down
As much as Republicans might complain about government and democracy, the fact is that if a poor, homeless person gets sick, rich people are put at risk, too. Here's another effect of Republican obstruction.
No, Republicans Have Not Compromised
Earlier today on MSNBC, I participated in a panel discussion, following an interview with GOP Rep. Sean Duffy. The congressman was in exceptional "up is down" mode"
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Republicans Struggle To Shift Blame... Republicans try to deflect blame by proposing to fund bits of government. CNN: "The Republican-led House offered its latest gambit on Tuesday night but failed in separate votes to approve piecemeal funding for three specific...
No Social Dumping: A Plan To Make Trade Fair
The idea is to penalize countries and companies that try to win a competitive advantage in the marketplace by paying subpar wages, allowing unsafe working conditions or escaping compliance with environmental regulations.
Conservatives Celebrate Shutdown Of Government They Hate
Republicans are exercising the one power that the American People have not yet been able to take away from them: the power to destroy. Conservatives are “giddy” over shutting down the government.
Congressional Republicans Violate Their Oath of Office
High among the duties of Congress as listed in the U.S. Constitution is paying the government’s bills. House Republicans are shirking their sworn duty by both shuttering government and threatening default.
Crazy Like Foxes
One of the biggest misunderstandings of the budget mess is that Republicans are just running around like toddlers having a temper tantrum. It looks that way, but that's not what's happening. This is a strategy. They've even written it down.
