by Richard Eskow | Apr 7, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Last night the President took a lofty, almost disinterested stance regarding budget deadlock in Congress. He seemed to chastise Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner equally, focusing on the consequences of a shutdown and ignoring the...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 7, 2011 | Blog
Rep. Paul Ryan's getting a lot of attention for a chart he's using to publicize the new Republican budget: You know what's funny? I was just projecting the effect of that budget on the average retiree's household budget: I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. These are...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 7, 2011 | Blog, Education
Last week, President Obama gave us a clear perspective of what's wrong with current education policies and a positive vision for where they should be going. In a townhall meeting, he lamented that current education policies have "piled on a lot of standardized tests...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 6, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Who is our country for? Is this a country for We, the People, where all of us are banded together to protect and empower each other, together? Or is this a country where a powerful few reap all the benefits, and the rest of us are little more than "the help?" That is...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 6, 2011 | Blog
VIDEO Progressive Caucus co-chairman Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and other members of the Progressive Caucus react to Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal. Here we are only four months into Republican control of the House of Representatives and the government is shutting...
