by Bill Scher | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog
Sen. Mitch McConnell has led the Senate for three months. He has yet to pass any legislation that would show the public how the Republican Party would implement solutions like raising wages, making education affordable or, say, reducing carbon pollution. Partly that...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Education, Jobs and Growth
Republicans in Congress today will vote on budget proposals that are essentially meaningless, except that they lay out how the GOP would like to structure federal policy and priorities. The White House has its own fact sheet about the House Republican budget. The...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, People's Budget, Progressive Vision
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdCWSHtQ5CM] In a recent televised conversation, Thom Hartmann and I discussed the Congressional Progressive Caucus' proposed federal budget. The "People's Budget" would create 8.8 million new jobs, rebuild our crumbling...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Trade
In an interesting juxtaposition from Monday's New York Times, a Times article explains a Times op-ed. The op-ed calls for killing the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), because it helps American companies compete globally. The news story reports that the anti-government Koch...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Health, Progressive Vision
Shock and awe describes the budgets issued last week by Republicans in the House and Senate. The shock is that the GOP never stops trying to destroy beloved programs like Medicare. Awe inspiring is their audacity in describing their killing plans as moral. When the...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Former governor Martin O'Malley and former senator Jim Webb spoke at a firefighters' union event earlier this month. Both are the subject of renewed press interest as they contemplate entering the presidential race. Sen. Bernie Sanders has been publicly weighing a...
