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What Will The Sequester Do To Your State?

What Will The Sequester Do To Your State?

For folks in Washington, sequestration is kind of like gambling with someone else's money. (Congressional salaries are exempt, after all.) Republicans are betting that either (a) the sequester will be so painless that one will even notice it, or (b) that the sequester...

The GOP Is Losing The Sequester Blame Game

The "sequester" is a terrible idea. It will do terrible things to the economy and the lives of millions of Americans. It was a terrible idea from the beginning, when it was born of an ugly deal on the "fiscal cliff." It will be disastrous for the country, and cost up...

The Three Faces of the GOP

Watching the various Republican responses — official and otherwise — to President Obama's State of the Union address was a bit like watching a right-wing remake of The Three Faces of Eve, the 1957 classic about a woman who suffered from "multiple...

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