Our lawmakers need to work harder on solutions than sound bites. By Ryan Alexander It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. In a single week, the House and Senate Budget Committee chairs unveiled their budgets for the
It’s budget week in Congress! The House will most likely end up passing the budget proposed by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. In the House The Ryan Budget: Reduces the deficit by $5.7 trillion over ten years than the current baseline, and cuts
Budgets are statements of values and priorities. Based on the GOP’s latest budget, apparently the interests of women are not a priority. Here’s a look at how the GOP budget is bad for women and children. Here’s a link to a comparison of the numbers
Mar 11, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room 6 Things Americans Did Not Vote for in 2012 Tomorrow, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will release the latest version of his infamous Republican budget plan — you know, the one that ends Medicare as we know
The House and Senate return this week, with plans to work on one major piece of legislation — a spending bill for the rest of fiscal year 2013. While the $85 billion sequester went into effect last Friday, neither the House nor Senate has any
— By Aviva Shen on Feb 22, 2013 at 2:37 pm The Violence Against Women Act expired at the end of 2012 after House Republicans refused to accept the Senate bill’s protections for LGBT, Native American, and undocumented victims. Though the Senate
