by Richard Eskow | Oct 10, 2013 | Blog
A time bomb with a six-week fuse is still a bomb. And as long as the Republicans keep issuing threats and shutting down the government, they're still playing with dynamite. It was initially reported that the GOP's "offer" to extend the debt ceiling for six weeks was...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 10, 2013 | Blog
Wow! In just a day and a half we got more than 140,000 (and still rising fast) signatures on a petition to encourage Representatives to sign a "discharge petition" to force a vote to end the shutdown. Progressives are united. If Democrats don’t cave we can stay united...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog
President Obama today formally made a right and bold decision to appoint Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve. The nomination is groundbreaking in that it puts a woman in charge of monetary policy for the first time in the Fed's history. But, more...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog
In the middle of the worst economy and job situation in decades Republicans in the House voted to cut $40 billion from food stamps. This will kick 3.8 million people out of the program by 2014, 3 million more each year after. Republicans in Congress have blocked every...
by Mary Bottari | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog
Apparently the only thing both Democrats and Republicans can agree on in Washington is that they can't deal with bad press involving Honor Flight vets. This led to absurd images of Republicans – who had shut down the federal government, including all monuments and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog
A week ago Republicans shut down the government, saying they would not vote for any budget that funds Obamacare. Then they said they would use the debt-ceiling as leverage to fight Obamacare. But now they say they are doing all this because of "spending." Wait, what...
