by Bernie Horn | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Democrats suffered a shellacking in the 2014 election. One small but significant silver lining is that identifying who’s in charge of the legislative branch will be very easy for the next two years. Make no mistake: We have a Republican Congress. Last year, many...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism
“Americans don't want angry, defensive figures running for president,” Democratic operative Will Marshall told McClatchy's David Lightman this week. But who, precisely, is angry and defensive? As the pushback to Wall Street's influence on government grows stronger, it...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Health
One of the first bills passed by the new Republican House after being in session for three days was the "Save American Workers Act of 2015" – and by "save" Republicans meant saving 1.5 million workers from the burden of having health insurance. The Republican bill...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
How does the right justify the kind of action Congress took this week, when it moved to cut disability benefits for millions of people by 20 percent? Answer #1: With buzzwords and rhetorical dodges. Answer #2: Not very well. For details on the House's action, we...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
This week there are signs of a crack in the no-tax-increase-no-way-no-how stance of the Republican Party in Congress. Now that they have control of both the House and the Senate, it is the Republicans' turn to figure out on their own how to pay for the federal program...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog
"We are tens of millions of Americans and we are committed that we are not going to have another raw deal on trade." - Larry Cohen of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Several members of Congress joined with representatives of a cross-section of...
