by Bill Scher | Apr 8, 2014 | Blog, Unemployment Benefits
Finally, a hard-fought compromise to temporarily reinstate unemployment insurance benefits to the long-term unemployed cleared the Senate, with six Republicans joining a unanimous Democratic caucus. With nearly 3 million jobless desperately needing the renewal of...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 8, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Blog
Tell your member of Congress (MOC) to vote for the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) "Better Off Budget' (BOB). Click to call. This week the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the "Ryan"/Republican corporate/conservative budget and the CPC "Better...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 7, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
It has become a "truth" on the right that the IRS "targets" conservative "political" groups. Here is what is going on. Sea Of Smear Ads From Anonymous Donors Who is providing the sea of anonymous money behind the nasty smear-campaign ads in local, state and national...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 7, 2014 | Blog, Economy
Detroit Tigers infielder Miguel Cabrera may or may not turn out to be, by the time he retires, the best hitter in baseball history. But Cabrera already holds a historic distinction. Last month, just before baseball’s 2014 opening day, the 31-year-old slugger became...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 7, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Blog
This week, the House of Representatives will vote on the Republican budget presented by the Republican Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, as well as on the Congressional Progressive Caucus “Better Off Budget.” Republicans are lined up to vote for the Ryan budget, with...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 4, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Republican Senator Rand Paul has been making a big play for millennials lately, most notably by taking his civil liberties pitch to colleges around the country. Paul has got the right idea when he says his party must “evolve, adapt or die” (although I think the first...
