by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
This headline in The Washington Post earlier this week—House Republicans try to steer focus back to jobs—(after guess who took the focus off of jobs) highlights how silly the silly season has gotten for the right in Washington, but it also is a sign that even the...
by Bill Scher | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Today, Politico reported that congressional Republicans are actually aware that they are failing to convince the electorate that they have a strategy to create jobs. But they appear to think they only have a communication problem: National Republican Senatorial...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog
As a progressive, sometimes I almost feel that I should say "Thank you" to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Not for what he's trying to do to Wisconsin, but for energizing the progressive movement, and motivating the Democrat's base in a way that many of us...
by Anne Thompson | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The House Republicans have developed a track record of bait and switch when it comes to their approach to job creation. Last week, House Republican leadership released a PowerPoint by Congressman Paul Ryan that they are using to educate the Republican Caucus on...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Governor Scott Walker and a gaggle of Republican governors assault the right of workers to bargain collectively in states across the country. Teachers get laid off as school budgets are cut across the country. Colleges hike tuitions and shut down course offerings....
