by Bill Scher | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Debt Limit Showdown Rapidly Approaching Debt limit expected to be reached earlier than expected, in mid-October. Roll Call: "The upcoming spending debates on Capitol Hill will almost converge, setting up a tough slog in September and October ... [Treasury Secretary...
by Bill Scher | Aug 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
March of Washington Anniversary Re-Energizes Progressive Agenda 50 years later, blacks lag behind whites "by almost every measure" reports Bloomberg: "Since the June 2009 end of the recession, median income for black households has dropped 10.9 percent, compared with...
by Bill Scher | Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Can Republicans Govern? "Three interlocking fiscal disputes" raise prospect of shutdown or debt limit breach, reports NYT: "Perhaps easiest to resolve is the effort by some conservative Republicans to eliminate financing for the new health care law in return for...
by Bill Scher | Aug 15, 2013 | Blog
The House Republican leadership, clearly desperate to avoid presiding over a government shutdown, floated a trial balloon to two conservative journalists suggesting a new plan to defund ObamaCare. Since threatening shutdown over defunding ObamaCare is, per the...
by Bill Scher | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
America The Unequal The US leads in inequity. The Atlantic's Matthew O'Brien: "...all societies are unequal, but some are more unequal than others. The question is why the U.S. has become more so than just about any other rich country the past 30 years. After all, if...
