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Foul Deal What If Republicans Take Yes For An Answer

Republicans won't take "Yes" for an answer in the debt ceiling negotiations. As conservative columnist David Brooks writes in the New York Times, this should be the "mother of all no brainers." Republicans have achieved everything they might have imagined at the...

Rebuilding The Dream This Is OUR Time

On June 23, Van Jones, and a broad cross section of progressive groups launched the Rebuild the Dream Movement. This is a movement of necessity: the American Dream – the dream of being able to reap the benefits from hard work, raise a family, and live with dignity –...

Conrad’s 50-50 Proposal Is a Good Sign

The following is an statement distributed to the news media earlier today. You can call on your representatives in Congress to support a deficit reduction plan based on "shared sacrifice" and a 50-50 split between spending cuts and tax increases on the wealthy by...

The Debt Deal Operation Conditional Surrender

So, just when it looked like President Obama was finally calling the GOP's bluff debt ceiling negotiations, it turns out he was preparing to fold. Obama administration officials are offering to cut tens of billions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid in negotiations...

Giving Away The Argument

The latest pas de deux: Obama administration officials are offering to cut tens of billions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid in negotiations to reduce the federal budget deficit, but the depth of the cuts depends on whether Republicans are willing to accept any...

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