by Richard Long | Apr 2, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Blog
A day after the release of Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” budget, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus gathered to discuss their own “Better Off Budget,” outside a room in the Cannon House Building where the House Budget Committee was marking up the Ryan...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 2, 2014 | Better Off Budget
The new Ryan/Republican budget is out. It cuts $5.1 trillion from spending over 10 years on things that make our lives better, while reducing taxes on the wealthy and giant corporations, and increasing military spending by $483 billion over the same period. (Note that...
by Bill Scher | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Unemployment Benefits
When Speaker John Boehner really wants to get something done, he gets it done. If Congress did not act before Tuesday, doctors would face a 24 percent cut in their Medicare reimbursement rates. With the Senate yet to act, Boehner did not have any time to spare. But...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 27, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
[fve]http://youtu.be/MocqsPYblM8[/fve] Leo Hindery, who runs the private equity firm Intermedia Partners, is blunt in his criticism of two corporations – McDonald's and Walmart – that are leading the effort to block an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 26, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
[fve]http://youtu.be/UhTyTzvCPMg[/fve] An increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour is especially important for the millions of women who are the backbone of the services sector yet struggle to provide the basics for their families. Plus, it would begin to narrow...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 25, 2014 | Blog, Unemployment Benefits
House Speaker John Boehner has decided to stand firmly in the way of more of 2 million people who need emergency jobless benefits. The Hill newspaper quoted Boehner as saying that a Senate compromise plan that would renew jobless benefits for people who have been out...
