by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
A key fact about this shutdown is that a majority of the House would vote to end it if they were allowed to vote. There are enough Republicans that could combine with Democrats to get the government back up and running, but Republican leadership – backed by...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
Today is MFG Day! From the website: MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together during and...
by Roger Hickey | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
On the first Friday of every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the unemployment numbers -- but not this month. US economy is weak and in danger of foundering. The government shutdown is harming the still-fragile recovery. And now we are flying blind --...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
White House messaging on the shutdown (and debt ceiling threats) has been nearly pitch-perfect. Republicans, on the other hand, have stumbled and struggled and are paying for it in the polls. Now the GOP’s trying to solve the problem it has created for itself by...
by Emily Foster | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
The shutdown of the federal government affects all Americans in some way, but for one group the consequences are especially dire: low-income women, children and infants. They are in danger of being cut off from vital nutritional assistance programs because...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
Forty million dollars an hour. A third of a billion every day. $1.6 billion every week. That’s a conservative estimate of the money Republicans are wasting by keeping the federal government closed down. And if pundits like Sean Hannity have their way, they’ll run up...
