by Digby | Oct 7, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
This should be interesting. Greg Sargent: Senate Dems will move their own clean debt limit bill, rather than wait for the House GOP to hold its own vote on either a clean CR funding the government (which Senate Dems have already passed with broad bipartisan support)...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 6, 2013 | Shutdown
Picture a lone Republican running through the darkened hallways of power, paraphrasing Soylent Green’s climactic line as he shouts the news to his peers: “It’s people! The Federal government is people!” That insight seemed to strike Hill Republicans last week, if only...
by Damon Silvers | Oct 4, 2013 | Retirement Security, Shutdown
The heads of the country’s largest banks and stock brokers came to Washington, D.C., Thursday to meet with President Barack Obama. Washington is the center of our national hostage drama—to use an old phrase, D.C. is the kidnap house. But we have seen this part of the...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 4, 2013 | Conservatism, Current Issues, Economy, Minimum Wage, Shutdown
Forget About the Tourists, Worry About the Workers (via Moyers & Company) The government shutdown is revealing how easily distracted we are by shiny objects. An enormous amount of ink has been devoted to the closure of the World War II Memorial. Tourist sites –...
by Digby | Oct 3, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Remember when we all assumed that sequestration could never hold and they'd just have to pull the plug and negotiate a reasonable budget when the going got tough? Yeah, that's worked out for us. I'm going to suggest that we all (myself included) stop assuming that...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Republicans are exercising the one power that the American People have not yet been able to take away from them: the power to destroy. Conservatives are "giddy" over shutting down the government. This is who they are. "We’re very excited," said Rep. Michele Bachmann...
