by Isaiah J. Poole | May 3, 2017 | Economy, Jobs and Growth, People's Budget
To people who argue that the resistance to President Trump amounts to protest without a plan, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has delivered a detailed and robust rebuke. Its fiscal 2018 budget proposal, subtitled "A Roadmap for the Resistance," is virtually a...
by Justin Talbot-Zorn | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog, Economy, People's Budget
In recent years, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has spearheaded policy ideas, from debt-free college to the $15 minimum wage, that have gained incredible momentum from city halls to presidential debate stages. Predictably, Republicans’ responses to these ideas...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, People's Budget, Progressive Vision
The House Republicans, who under the leadership of their new speaker, Rep. Paul Ryan, was supposed to prove this year that they could govern and not merely obstruct, has failed one of its most important tests. The Republicans are so divided they can't even bring their...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 24, 2016 | Blog, Economy, People's Budget
You've heard people ask, "How come they can come up with a couple trillion dollars to invade Iraq, or hundreds of billions for corporate tax cuts, but say we're broke when we need to fix our infrastructure so pipes don't contaminate children with lead poisoning?" The...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog, Economy, People's Budget
[fve]https://vimeo.com/160077235[/fve]Jasmine Tucker, senior research analyst at the National Priorities Project, discusses the negative impact the House Republican budget would have if it became law. The House Republican budget proposal for fiscal 2017 faces an...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 17, 2016 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, People's Budget, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/hPrUKRNCptQ[/fve] The decision by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday to not increase interest rates right now beyond their current 0.25 to 0.5 percent range is a testament to the fragility of the slow economic recovery the United States is now...
