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The Pivot To Jobs What Makes It Real

We said it first last week. Now, everyone is catching on: it’s (past) time for Congress and the Administration to pivot to a jobs agenda. While there are already pretty clear indications from recent polls that voters may forgive the gamesmanship on the debt ceiling,...

Stop Blaming Fannie And Freddie For The Financial Crisis

In the six months since the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s report was released, a small band of critics—with many congressional Republicans in tow—has labored mightily to undermine the credibility of the FCIC’s work. They have attacked the report, even as its...

Put Bernie On The Super Committee

The immediate impact of the “debt deal” was bad enough: painful cuts without any tax increases for the wealthy. But Phase Two could be much worse--unless we push back hard. A new undemocratic "Super Committee" is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings – from...

A Republic If We Can We Keep It

Last night, as I lamented the state of America's governance — that we have come to be ruled by a 60-member tea party coalition that, at most, comprises only about 14 percent of the House yet somehow overrules the rest of the House, the Senate and the White House — my...

Deltas Greed Helps Shut Down The FAA

You probably don’t know that another act of hostage-taking by Republicans is underway. They have shut down the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help Delta Airlines in its battle to keep its workers from voting in a union. This is costing the government $200...

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