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Tactical Retreat In The Budget Wars
When it comes to beating back extremists, I'm all in favor of living to fight another day, so the idea of kicking the can down the road on some horrible debt deal never seems like the worst thing that could happen. But I can't figure out why everyone seems to believe that by extending the debt ceiling three months the House Republicans have been vanquished for all time. It doesn't sound as if the Republicans believe that.
GOP Stunt On Debt Ceiling Is Total Surrender To White House
Given what happened in July 2011 when they decided to do the opposite (you remember the anything-but-super committee, right?), we should all be happy House Republicans have agreed that this time they won't hold hostage the increase in the federal debt ceiling the...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: No More Hostage Taking OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across the...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: No More Hostage Taking OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across the...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: No More Hostage Taking OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across the...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: No More Hostage Taking OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across the...
It's Time To Say "No More" Negotiating With Hostage Takers
Holding America hostage is no way to negotiate a budget. The president should simply say no more. Demand that the debt ceiling be lifted for two years without conditions. Call for legislation to revoke the ruinous sequester cuts. Demand that Congress fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. It’s time to call a halt to this foolishness – and let Americans understand who is sabotaging jobs and growth. Let Americans hold the hostage takers to account.
From Seneca Falls, Selma, And Stonewall … Forward
Four years ago, my husband and I opted to watch Barack Obama's inauguration from home. The very likely reality of spending most of the day outdoors, standing in the cold, with two very cold and very bored children, waiting for hours to end up not seeing very much...
On Jobs and Economic Justice, Will We Lead or Be Lulled By the Speech?
The President gave a terrific speech. But if great speeches could heal our economic wounds, if they could repair the ever-increasing gap between the rich and the rest of us, if they could re-open the closing doors of opportunity for the young, the African-American,...
Inaugural Just The Next Step In Obama's "Plan B" To Save The Climate
The strong reaction to President Obama's extended remarks on the climate suggests that he wasn't doing anything on the matter and suddenly feels liberated to do so. Not so. As I have discussed twice previously, after the failure of the Congress to pass a carbon cap in...
