by Bill Scher | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
GOP Leaders Try To Avoid Shutdown Debacle Republicans float plan to confront Obama without shutdown. Politico: "The likely proposal would fund nearly the entire government through September 2015, but immigration enforcement related funding would be renewed on a...
by Bill Scher | Nov 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
GOP Struggles To Control Agenda Republicans rail against immigration action, still lack plan. Bloomberg: "Representative Michael McCaul of Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Republicans are instead weighing whether to use 'the power of the...
by Bill Scher | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Sweeping Relief For Undocumented Presidential address waives deportation threat for millions, challenges Republicans to step up: "What I’m describing is accountability –- a common-sense, middle-ground approach: If you meet the criteria, you can come out of the shadows...
by Bill Scher | Nov 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
OurFuture.org's Roger Hickey gives progressives a path forward, "As in 2010, Dems Lost Without an Economic Message Worth Fighting For": "The big lesson in all this: progressives can’t afford to just let Democrats craft the message, while we attend to voter turnout and...
by Bill Scher | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
On one hand, tonight's presidential announcement, removing the threat of deportation for up to 5 million of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America, will be a historic moment cherished especially by immigrant families that no longer will...
