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Tom Reed: The Big "Zero" Who Fell Through a Crack and Landed on the Middle Class

Last summer, my family took what we would later decide was our favorite family vacation thus far. We packed the car and headed north of Washington, DC, to Chautauqua Institute in New York state. I didn't know it at the time, but our trip took us through New York's 29th congressional district, represented by Republican congressman Tom Reed — a big "zero" on middle class issues.

The Real Story Of Libya: They Don't Hate Us

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The real story in Libya is not that there was a local terrorist attack. It's that the Libyan people sided with us over them after the attack. From yesterday's Meet The Press, here's Tom...

Progressive Breakfast

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.

MORNING MESSAGE: Romney's Foreign Policy Hurts US Economy

Progressive Breakfast

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.

MORNING MESSAGE: Romney's Foreign Policy Hurts US Economy

Joe the Plumber, We Miss You!

Americans haven't heard much at all from Joe the Plumber this election cycle. A shame. Without his rants against sharing the wealth, no one's bothering to debate how desperately America really needs to be sharing. And how desperate has our maldistribution of wealth become?

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