by Robert Borosage | Feb 19, 2013 | Economy, The Sequester
Congress is taking this week off on the first of their spring breaks. The legislators will return to find only four days left before the first of the Republican Congress’ austerity bombs – the deep automatic cuts in government spending known as the sequester – is set...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 13, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The president certainly can deliver a speech. Last night, he showed he could do a Clinton one better, delivering an hour-long speech packed with policy initiatives, with rhetorical flourishes to rouse his audience. Empowered by his re-election and the progressive...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Politico today features a story by Jennifer Epstein detailing 10 proposals from Obama’s previous State of the Union addresses that were mostly frustrated. The report begins with an utter distortion that is nearly universal in Washington reporting: “Perhaps...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 10, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage
The president will stand before Congress for his State of the Union address as the leader of an emerging progressive majority coalition that he has helped to forge. Empowered by that coalition, he has already teed up an ambitious agenda: comprehensive immigration...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 6, 2013 | Economy, The Sequester
Moderation in a madhouse is a dubious virtue. A balanced dose of poison may mask, but doesn’t stop the damage. Yet, this is what President Obama was reduced to in Washington's Mad Hatter budget debate. Here is a brief guide through the garble: 1. We can’t cut our...
