by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2014 | Blog
Conservatives are crowing. Yes, Mitt Romney said Russia was our "number one geopolitical foe" in 2012, and was guffawed at from the left. Yes, Sarah Palin said in the 2008 campaign that Obama's "indecision and moral equivalence" in response to Russia's invasion of...
by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Obama Budget Seeks To Bolster Middle Class Obama releases 2015 budget proposal today. AP: "...expected to include proposals to upgrade aging highways and railroads, finance more pre-kindergarten programs and enhance job training. The White House said it would also...
by Bill Scher | Mar 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Obama Wages Wage Battle... Obama to stump for $10.10 minimum Wednesday. The Hill: "President Obama will appear with four Democratic governors from New England on Wednesday in Connecticut ... Three of the governors, Dannel Malloy (Conn.), Peter Shumlin (Vt.) and...
by Bill Scher | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Bipartisanship Afoot on Minimum Wage, Jobless Aid Obama to meet privately with Boehner today. Bloomberg: "President Barack Obama will host House Speaker John Boehner at the White House today for a closed-door meeting as lawmakers weigh the administration’s call to...
by Bill Scher | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Trade Talks Spin Wheels TPP negotiators report little progress during talks in Singapore. Kyodo News International: "Countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations remained apart over thorny issues, including tariff removal and...
