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...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Education
So far, most predictions for education policy in 2015 are pretty dreary. NPR's Claudio Sanchez sees a series of bad to worse situations: "standardized testing under fire … more troubles for the Common Core … Vergara fallout … Ferguson effect." Ugh. According to Alyson...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
It is striking that on their first day – their very first day! – Congressional Republicans moved against Social Security's disability insurance fund, before some of them had even found the rest rooms or put out their family photos. As Jerry Seinfeld might ask, “Who...
