by Derek Pugh | Feb 21, 2013 | The Sequester
If House conservatives entered a beauty contest, surely not a single one would make it past the first round – not because of their looks, but because of their dialogue. Every pageant queen knows that when thrown a softball question, you take it and answer...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 21, 2013 | The Sequester
The "sequester" – mindless, across-the-board spending cuts designed purposefully to be abhorrent to both political parties – now seems likely to go into effect on March 1. If not reversed, we will see the degrading of all government services from food inspection to...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 21, 2013 | The Sequester
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...
by Derek Pugh | Feb 20, 2013 | Climate, The Sequester
The climate in Washington has been heating up as lawmakers brace for the automatic spending cuts come March 1 known as the sequester. However, the only real thing heating up is our climate, and that's where the House GOP prefers to remain silent and cold. In reality,...
by Digby | Feb 20, 2013 | The Sequester
Washington Examiner columnist Byron York is worried that the Republicans aren't as serious about allowing the sequester to happen as he'd like them to be: In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner describes the upcoming sequester as a policy...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 20, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, The Sequester
In just over a week the government is probably going to enter full-scale austerity. Republicans are refusing to end tax loopholes for big corporations and billionaires, choosing to let the "sequester" occur instead. Unless something changes, and soon, $1.2 trillion in...
