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Republicans Block Senate From Even Talking About Jobs

Yesterday, an unanimous Senate Republican caucus didn't just lead a filibuster to kill the American Jobs Act. The Republicans stopped the Senate from even beginning to have a discussion about doing anything at all to create jobs. Typically, a filibuster happens after...

Ideological Inanity The Republican Economic Debate

The Republican debate on the economy was staged in New Hampshire, but quickly descended into a netherworld of Republican ideological cant. Each candidate brought the idiosyncratic traits we’re learning to expect. Gingrich blustered about throwing Chris Dodd and Barney...

Why should Congress pass China currency legislation

The U.S. must address China’s deliberately undervalued currency.  What few seem to understand is that we are already in a trade war with China.  It’s not one that we launched, nor one that we wanted.  But China’s undervaluation of its currency, which...

Budget Process Revisions Won’t Solve the Problem

Originally published at Capital Gains and Games This is not a defense of the Congressional budget process. How could it be? With annual budget resolutions and appropriations now among the hardest things on the planet to pass, with deficit reduction effort after...

The Perennial Revolutionary Programme Of Antiquity

courtesy Jonathan Schwarz I've been getting a fair amount of static for my post the other day warning about tribal politics rearing its ugly head as the Occupy movement continues. It's not just the billionaires who will put their resources to bear to...

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